Cercopithecus erythrogaster

J. E. Gray, 1866

Red-bellied 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

Gray, J.E. 1866-09. Notice of a new West-African monkey living in the Gardens of the Society. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866(2):168-169.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28627627

Original name as described

Cercopithecus erythrogaster

Other common names

White-throated Monkey · Nigeria White-throated Monkey · Red-bellied Guenon

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1866.8.6.15

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/03a8ba49-d7b2-43a0-a109-332c0cc8b524 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/90679e2e-c46d-4024-b491-06193c064f48

Type locality

West Africa. Restricted by P. Grubb and colleagues in 1999 to Benin, Lama Forest.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Togo · Benin · Nigeria

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000569

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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 erythrogaster

J. E. Gray, 1866

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

erythrogaster

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1866.8.6.15

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/03a8ba49-d7b2-43a0-a109-332c0cc8b524 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/90679e2e-c46d-4024-b491-06193c064f48

Authority page

169

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28627627

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:89) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  4. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:688) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  5. Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:384) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4217) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4217) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000569) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4217/17946182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cercopithecus erythrogaster pococki

Grubb, Lernould, & J. F. Oates, 1999

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

pococki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1915.6.12.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7827d44a-2734-441e-a0fa-bb4cf5589ca3

Authority page

391

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:688) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Cercopithecus erythrogaster erythrogaster

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

erythrogaster

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:688) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

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