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.

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 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

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