Cercopithecus sclateri

Pocock, 1904

Sclater'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

Pocock, R.I. 1904-03-15. Mr. R. I. Pocock, the Superintendent of the Gardens, gave a description of a new species of Monkey of the genus Cercopithecus, from Benin. Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 5:18.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31887647

Original name as described

Cercopithecus sclateri

Other common names

Sclater's Guenon

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1917.10.15.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b04d5382-94e7-4271-97cb-eec45e631c37

Type locality

Nigeria, Benin City.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Nigeria

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000581

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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 sclateri

Pocock, 1904

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

sclateri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1917.10.15.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b04d5382-94e7-4271-97cb-eec45e631c37

Authority page

18

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31887647

Authority publication

Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:689) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  3. Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:369) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4229) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4229) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000581) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4229/17945814) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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