Cercopithecus pogonias

E. T. Bennett, 1833

Crowned 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

Bennett, E.T. 1833-09-20. Specimens were exhibited of two Monkeys, forming pert of the Society's Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1833:67-68.

Original name as described

Cercopithecus pogonias

Other common names

Crested Guenon · Crowned Guenon · Black-footed Guenon · Black-footed Crowned Monkey · Golden-bellied Crowned Monkey · Gray's Crowned Monkey · Gray's Guenon

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1842.11.4.14

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Equatorial Guinea, Bioko Island.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Nigeria · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Angola?

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

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