Cercopithecus hamlyni

Pocock, 1907

Owl-faced 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

Pocock, R.I. 1907-12-01. Description of a new species of monkey (_Cercopithecus Hamlyni_) from the Ituri Forest. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)20(120):521-522.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26413774

Original name as described

Cercopithecus Hamlyni

Other common names

Hamlyn's Guenon · Hamlyn's Monkey · Owl-faced Guenon · Mount Kahuzi Owl-faced Monkey · Nose-stripe Owl-faced Monkey

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1939.1099

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/313df12b-59de-4b79-84e2-4f54224d4641

Type locality

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ituri Forest.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Rwanda · Burundi? · Uganda?

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000571

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 Hamlyni

Pocock, 1907

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

hamlyni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1939.1099

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/313df12b-59de-4b79-84e2-4f54224d4641

Authority page

521

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26413774

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Schwarz (1928:130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68600)
  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. Corbet & Hill (1991:98) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Groves (1993:264) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69008)
  6. Grubb, Butynski, Oates, Bearder, Disotell, Groves & Struhsaker (2003:1334) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4919)
  7. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  8. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:687) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  9. Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:339) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4219) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4219) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000571) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  13. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4219/166615690) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cercopithecus leucampyx aurora

O. Thomas & Wroughton, 1910

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

aurora

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.7.4.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ecd5acf6-134d-4c17-b0bd-7f59e715898a

Authority page

485

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31647701

Authority publication

Transactions of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Lasiopyga aurora

(D. G. Elliot, 1913)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

aurora

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

lx

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602354

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Elliot (1913:lx, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602354) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)

Rhinostigma hamlyni

(D. G. Elliot, 1913)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

hamlyni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

lix

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602353

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

  1. Elliot (1913:lix, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602353) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)
  2. Allen (1925:348, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42949826) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11615)

Cercopithecus hamlyni kahuziensis

Colyn & Rahm, 1988

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

kahuziensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMB M08-039

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

204

Authority publication

Folia Primatologica

Name usages

  1. Grubb, Butynski, Oates, Bearder, Disotell, Groves & Struhsaker (2003:1334) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4919)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  3. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:687) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Cercopithecus hamlyni hamlyni

Grubb, Butynski, J. F. Oates, Bearder, Disotell, Groves, & Struhsaker, 2003

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

hamlyni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

1334

Authority publication

International Journal of Primatology

Name usages

  1. Grubb, Butynski, Oates, Bearder, Disotell, Groves & Struhsaker (2003:1334) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4919)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  3. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:687) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

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