Cercopithecus roloway

(von Schreber, 1774)

Roloway 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

Schreber, J.C.D. von. 1774. pl. 25. P. pl. 25 in Schreber, J.C.D. von. 1774-1855. Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen. Walther, Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31059958

Original name as described

Simia roloway

Other common names

Roloway Guenon

Type locality

Guinea (West Africa).

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Togo?

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000580

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 Roloway

Erxleben, 1777

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

roloway

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

42

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872839

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:42, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872839) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Lesson (1842:4) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  4. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:680) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  5. Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:313) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000426) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000426) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000580) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4232/92384429) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Simia roloway

(von Schreber, 1774)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

roloway

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

pl. 25

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31059958

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Cercopithecus palatinus

J. A. Wagner, 1853

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

palatinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

47

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31544154

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

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

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