Cercopithecus mitis
J. Wolf, 1822
Blue 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
Authority citation
Wolf, J. 1822. Abbildungen und Beschreibungen merkwürdiger naturgeschichtlicher Gegenstände. Im Verlag des Conrad Tyroff'schen Wappen-Kunst-und Commissions-Bureau's, Nuremberg, 156 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48419155Original name as described
Cercopithecus mitis
Other common names
Diademed Guenon · Diademed Monkey · White-throated Guenon · Elgon Blue Monkey · Pousargues' Monkey · Boutourlini's Blue Monkey · Doggett's Silver Monkey · White-throated Samango · Lomami River Blue Monkey · Golden Monkey · Kolb's Monkey · Samango · Manyara Monkey · Pluto Monkey · Moloney's White-collared Monkey · Tanzania Sykes' Monkey · Rump-spotted Monkey · Stuhlmann's Blue Monkey · Zammarano's Monkey · Schouteden's Blue Monkey · Sykes' Monkey · Zanzibar Sykes's Monkey · Stairs's Monkey · Stairs's White-collared Monkey
Type locality
Guinea, but possibly Angola according to P. Napier in 1981.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Ethiopia · South Sudan · Kenya · Somalia · Uganda · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Rwanda · Burundi · Tanzania · Angola · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique · Zimbabwe · South Africa · Eswatini
Taxonomy notes
includes albogularis, doggetti, kandti
Taxonomy notes citation
Butynski, T.M. & de Jong, Y.A. 2019. Cercopithecus mitis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T4221A17946784. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T4221A17946784.en. Downloaded on 15 August 2020.IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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