Cercopithecus nictitans

(Linnaeus, 1766)

Putty-nosed Monkey

Cercopithecus nictitans nictitans, Eastern Putty-nosed Monkey. Also as Greater Spot-nosed Monkey|Greater Spot-nosed Guenon|Greater White-nosed Monkey|Putty-nosed Guenon|White-nosed Guenon.
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Location:Central African Republic, Sangha-Mbaéré préfecture, Dzanga Bai-Dzanga Ndoki National Park.Date taken:Jun 13, 2012

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 2755

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 material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

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://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.

Total: 25 names and synonyms.

Simia nictitans

(Linnaeus, 1766)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

nictitans

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

40

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Linnaeus (1766:40, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946236) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38438)
  2. Boddaert (1772:13, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43563385) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67754)
  3. Boddaert (1785:59, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230023) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  4. Gmelin (1788:33, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751234) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  5. Kerr (1792:69, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664087) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  6. Cuvier (1797:98, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
  7. Audebert (1799:@fam. 4 sec. 1 p. 9, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58948759) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68277)
  8. Turton (1802:15, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772852) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  9. Goldfuss (1809:58, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497839) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  10. Virey (1819:276, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35135194) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60385)
  11. Griffith (1821:67) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68343)
  12. Fischer (1829:18) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

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. Zimmermann (1783:170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  3. Daudin (1802:146, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033396) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  4. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:17) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
  5. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1812:95, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499289) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17666)
  6. Voigt (1819:407) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69477)
  7. Muirhead (1819:401) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
  8. Desmarest (1821:58, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523822) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
  9. Schinz (1821:104, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528861) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  10. Lesson (1827:35, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207467) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  11. Waterhouse (1838:298, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15224961) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69404)
  12. Cuvier (1842:1, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  13. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1855:21, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27344898) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69176)
  14. Murray (1866:321, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  15. Gray (1868:182, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28664687) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69182)
  16. Gray (1871:21, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994515) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)
  17. Sclater (1872:8, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037766) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
  18. Schlegel (1876:89, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14895154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67480)
  19. Noack (1887:290, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10356330) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67855)
  20. Matschie (1900:89, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8797095) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68759)
  21. Trouessart (1904:11, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422866) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  22. Schwarz (1928:132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68600)
  23. Allen & Coolidge (1930:588, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61248234) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68614)
  24. Hayman (1936:917) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14108)
  25. Allen (1939:151, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782702) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
  26. Ellerman, Morrison-Scott & Hayman (1953:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34033)
  27. Eisentraut (1963:104) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68788)
  28. Corbet & Hill (1980:89) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  29. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  30. Corbet & Hill (1991:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  31. Groves (1993:264) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69008)
  32. Grubb, Butynski, Oates, Bearder, Disotell, Groves & Struhsaker (2003:1336) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4919)
  33. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  34. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  35. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:693) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  36. Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
  37. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4224) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  38. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4224) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  39. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000577) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  40. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4224/222904443) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Simia Nicticans

(J. Wolf, 1796)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

nicticans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

22

Authority publication

Nuremberg

Name usages

Wolf (1796:22) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72410)

Simia Nitctitans

(G. K. Shaw, 1800)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

nitctitans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

45

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150688

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Shaw (1800:45, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150688) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37615)

Lasiopyga nictitans

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

nictitans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

76

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080932

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Illiger (1815:76, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080932) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  2. Elliot (1913:lx, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602354) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)

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

  1. Waterhouse (1838:298, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15224961) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69404)
  2. Blyth (1840:57, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918217) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67419)
  3. Lesson (1842:4) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  4. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1855:24, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27344901) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69176)
  5. Peters (1876:471, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35329848) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17187)
  6. Trouessart (1904:11, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422866) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

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 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

  1. Gray (1868:182, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28664687) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69182)
  2. Gray (1871:21, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994515) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)
  3. Sclater (1872:8, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037766) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
  4. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Cercopithecus martinii

J. E. Gray, 1868

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

martinii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

182

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28664687

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Gray (1868:182, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28664687) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69182)
  2. Gray (1871:21, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994515) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)

Cercopithecus signatus

Jentink, 1886

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

signatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.39124

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

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:11, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422866) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

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