Cercopithecus diana

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Diana Monkey

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Primates
Suborder : Haplorhini
Infraorder : Simiiformes
Parvorder : Catarrhini
Superfamily : Cercopithecoidea
Family : Cercopithecidae
Subfamily : Cercopithecinae
Tribe : Cercopithecini
Genus : Cercopithecus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033818

Original name as described

Simia diana

Other common names

Diana Guenon

Type locality

Guinea (probably Liberia).

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000567

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Cercopithecus Diana Var. ignita

J. E. Gray, 1871

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

ignitus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.411

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/10746d28-fed1-419c-90b6-d1030bebf841 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ac9d65d9-8b0e-48fd-8485-b80950da6fe2

Authority page

22

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994516

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Cercopithecus Diana

Erxleben, 1777

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

diana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

30

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872827

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:30, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872827) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Daudin (1802:146, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033396) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  3. Lesson (1827:35, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207467) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  4. Cuvier (1842:1, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  5. Lesson (1842:4) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  6. Fitzinger (1855:66) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65926)
  7. Corbet & Hill (1980:89) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  8. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  9. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  10. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  11. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:679) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  12. Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:310) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4215) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  14. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4215) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  15. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000567) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  16. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4245/92384250) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cercopithecus Faunus

Erxleben, 1777

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

faunus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

26

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872823

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:26, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872823) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Blyth (1863:10, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534730) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Cercopithecus malbrouck

Daudin, 1802

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

malbrouck

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

146

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033396

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Daudin (1802:146, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033396) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)

Cercocebus malbrouck

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

malbrouck

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

38

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207470

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:38, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207470) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Simia diana

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

diana

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

26

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033818

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Cuvier (1797:98, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
  2. Goldfuss (1809:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497897) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)

Simia faunus

(Linnaeus, 1766)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

faunus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

36

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946232

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Simia Sapajus exquima

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

exquima

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

76

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664094

Authority publication

Edinburgh

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