Cercopithecus wolfi

A. B. Meyer, 1891

Wolf'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

Meyer, A.B. 1891-01. _Cercopithecus wolfi_, n. sp. Notes from the Leyden Museum 13(1):63-64.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9641974

Original name as described

Cercopithecus wolfi

Other common names

Wolf's Guenon · Wolf's Mona · Congo Basin Wolf's Monkey · Fire-bellied Wolf's Monkey · Lomami River Wolf's Monkey

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Central West Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Taxonomy notes

split from C. pogonias

Taxonomy notes citation

Mittermeier R.A., Wilson D.E., Rylands A.B. 2013. Handbook of the mammals of the world. Vol. 3. Primates. Lynx Edicions.

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000582

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 pyrogaster

Lönnberg, 1919

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

pyrogaster

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMCA 1007

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

137

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11304001

Authority publication

Revue zoologique africaine

Name usages

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

Cercopithecus (Otopithecus) elegans

Dubois & Matschie, 1912

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

elegans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMCA 346

Type kind

holotype

Authority publication

Revue zoologique africaine

Cercopithecus wolfi

A. B. Meyer, 1891

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

wolfi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

63

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9641974

Authority publication

Notes from the Leyden Museum

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:89) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:233) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  4. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:683) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  5. Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:333) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000427) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000427) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000582) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/92466239/166601223) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cercopithecus wolfi elegans

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

elegans

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 (2013:683) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Cercopithecus wolfi wolfi

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

wolfi

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 (2013:683) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Cercopithecus wolfi pyrogaster

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

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

pyrogaster

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

683

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:683) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

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