Cercopithecus neglectus

Schlegel, 1876

De Brazza's 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

Schlegel, H. 1876. Les singes. Simiae. Muséum d'Histoire naturelle des Pays-Bas, Leiden, 356 pp.

Original name as described

Cercopithecus neglectus

Other common names

De Brazza's Guenon · Schlegel's Guenon

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1860.4.20.7

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Sudan, White Nile. According to E. Schwarz in 1928, probably Niam Niam or Monbottu country.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon · Central African Republic · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · South Sudan · Uganda · Kenya · Ethiopia · Angola

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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