Cercopithecus nictitans

(Linnaeus, 1766)

Putty-nosed 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

Linnaeus, C. 1766. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Duodecima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 532 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946236

Original name as described

Simia nictitans

Other common names

Greater Spot-nosed Guenon · Greater White-nosed Monkey · Putty-nosed Guenon · White-nosed Guenon · Bioko Putty-nosed Monkey · Eastern Putty-nosed Monkey · Nigerian Putty-nosed Monkey · Red-rumped Putty-nosed Monkey · Stampfli's Putty-nosed Monkey

Type locality

Guinea. Restricted by C. P. Groves in 2005 to Equatorial Guinea, Benito River.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Guinea · Cote d'Ivoire · Liberia · Nigeria · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Gabon · Equatorial Guinea · Republic of the Congo · Angola?

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000577

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 ludio

J. E. Gray, 1849

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

ludio

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1849.1.12.37, BMNH:Mamm:1849.1.12.41

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/50d80240-2590-4ad5-b869-5bf333c33546 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/55ba536b-5def-4f82-b016-aa81b7916a70 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e82f2e8b-d842-451f-aa21-29978b271c24 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f83d84b3-3b6a-4512-a4ba-4ccba070b926

Authority page

8

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30572399

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Cercopithecus insolitus

D. G. Elliot, 1909

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

insolitus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1862.7.17.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/211af9f1-5f2b-4699-963b-be30ef24ae40 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8dabb27f-5ec5-4af4-bdf4-907fdd064e57

Authority page

258

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097637

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Cercopithecus nictitans laglaizei

Pocock, 1907

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

laglaizei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1880.6.7.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/62972e85-c200-4d5e-b6e1-9fea69d9b569 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ca08086e-5f08-4419-81a7-7d8a626a2e68

Authority page

698

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31579120

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Cercopithecus sticticeps

D. G. Elliot, 1909

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

sticticeps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.7.8.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c0a30cb0-1a6c-4b9c-891f-4519410407ef https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/faceba4c-a772-4be6-8bae-656e4df04af1

Authority page

263

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097642

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Cercopithecus signatus

Jentink, 1886

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

signatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.39124.a, RMNH.MAM.39124.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39124.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39124.b

Authority page

55

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9637788

Authority publication

Notes from the Leyden Museum

Cercopithecus stampflii

Jentink, 1888

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

stampflii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.39125.a, RMNH.MAM.39125.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39125.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39125.b

Authority page

10

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9622334

Authority publication

Notes from the Leyden Museum

Name usages

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

Cercopithecus nictitans

Erxleben, 1777

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

nictitans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

35

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872832

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:35, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872832) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Daudin (1802:146, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033396) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  3. Lesson (1827:35, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207467) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  4. Cuvier (1842:1, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1980:89) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  6. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  7. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  8. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  9. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:693) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  10. Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4224) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4224) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000577) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  14. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4224/222904443) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cercopithecus nyctitans

Lesson, 1842

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

nyctitans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

4

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:4) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Cercopithecus nictitans martini

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

martini

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 (2013:693) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Cercopithecus nictitans nictitans

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

nictitans

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 (2013:693) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Cercopithecus nictitans insolitus

Mittermeier, Rylands, & D. E. Wilson, 2013

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

insolitus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

693

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:693) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Cercopithecus nictitans ludio

Mittermeier, Rylands, & D. E. Wilson, 2013

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

ludio

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

693

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:693) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Cercopithecus nictitans stampflii

Mittermeier, Rylands, & D. E. Wilson, 2013

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

stampflii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

693

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:693) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Simia nictitans

(Linnaeus, 1766)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

nictitans

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

40

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946236

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Cuvier (1797:98, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
  2. Goldfuss (1809:58, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497839) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)

Cercopithecus Martini

G. R. Waterhouse, 1838

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

martini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

58

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30571115

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Lesson (1842:4) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

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