Cercopithecus erythrotis

G. R. Waterhouse, 1838

Red-eared 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

Waterhouse, G.R. 1838-07. Mr. Waterhouse brought before the notice of the Meeting an extremely interesting series of skins of Mammalia, which had recently been given to the Society's Museum by George Knapp, Esq., who had received them from the Island of Fernando Po. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1838(65):57-61.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30571116

Original name as described

Cercopithecus erythrotis

Other common names

Red-eared Guenon · Russet-eared Guenon · Bioko Red-eared Monkey · Cameroon Red-eared Monkey

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.410

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/913f6ee6-e63d-45cf-9f28-7b79980fb746 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ed358265-3626-4144-a885-e21cdd74cde5

Type locality

Equatorial Guinea, Bioko Island.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Nigeria · Cameroon · Equatorial Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000570

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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 erythrotis

G. R. Waterhouse, 1838

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

erythrotis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.410

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/913f6ee6-e63d-45cf-9f28-7b79980fb746 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ed358265-3626-4144-a885-e21cdd74cde5

Authority page

59

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30571116

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:5) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:89) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  5. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:689) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  6. Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:371) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4218) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4218) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000570) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4218/17946043) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cercopithecus erythrotis camerunensis

Hayman in Sanderson, 1940

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

camerunensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1939.317

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e5c6597e-8dea-488e-bc92-f8ea2e7d7f58 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f2fc1da1-44d2-4ded-aaf1-15cdb3c11e5d

Authority page

649

Authority publication

Transactions of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:689) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Cercopithecus erythrotis erythrotis

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

erythrotis

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 (2013:689) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

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