Chlorocebus dryas

(E. Schwarz, 1932)

Dryas 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 : Chlorocebus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Schwarz, E. 1932-03-15. Der Vertreter der Diana-Meerkatze in Zentral-Afrika. Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines 21(3):251-254.

Original name as described

Cercopithecus dryas

Other common names

Dryad Monkey · Ekele · Lomela Monkey · Salongo Monkey · Wamba Monkey

Type material

RMCA 11350

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Congo-Zaire, Sankuru District, Lomela.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Taxonomy notes

moved from Cercopithecus to Chlorocebus based on molecular and morphological data, although the species may be best placed in a new genus of it's own

Taxonomy notes citation

Van Der Valk, T., Gonda, C. M., Silegowa, H., Almanza, S., Sifuentes-Romero, I., Hart, T. B., ... & Guschanski, K. (2020). The genome of the endangered dryas monkey provides new insights into the evolutionary history of the vervets. Molecular biology and evolution, 37(1), 183-194. · Gilbert, C. C., Gilissen, E., Arenson, J. L., Patel, B. A., Nakatsukasa, M., Hart, T. B., ... & Sargis, E. J. (2021). Morphological analysis of new Dryas Monkey specimens from the Central Congo Basin: Taxonomic considerations and an emended diagnosis. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. · Alempijevic, D., Boliabo, E. M., Coates, K. F., Hart, T. B., Hart, J. A., & Detwiler, K. M. (2021). A natural history of Chlorocebus dryas from camera traps in Lomami National Park and its buffer zone, Democratic Republic of the Congo, with notes on the species status of Cercopithecus salongo. American Journal of Primatology, 83(6), e23261.

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000568

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 dryas

(E. Schwarz, 1932)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

dryas

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMCA 11350

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

251

Authority publication

Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines

Name usages

  1. Schwarz (1932:251) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68965)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:89) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:231, 232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:98) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Groves (1993:263) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69008)
  6. Grubb, Butynski, Oates, Bearder, Disotell, Groves & Struhsaker (2003:1332) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4919)
  7. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  8. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:679) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  9. Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:306) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4216) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4216) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

Cercopithecus salongo

(Thys van den Audenaerde, 1977)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

salongo

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMCA 1977.008-M-0001

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fe60faf4-ff2a-44d0-b1e5-cd5a21585bf3

Authority page

1001

Authority publication

Revue de zoologie africaine

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:233) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1991:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Chlorocebus dryas

Mammal Diversity Database, 2024

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

dryas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page URI

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000568

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000568) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  2. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4216/210337242) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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