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Cercopithecus cephus Linnaeus 1758

Description

Cercopithecus cephus Linnaeus 1758

Cercopithecus cephus Linnaeus 1758, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 27.

Type Locality: Africa.

Vernacular Names: Moustached Guenon.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Cercopithecus cephus subsp. cephus Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Cercopithecus cephus subsp. cephodes Pocock 1907

Subspecies Cercopithecus cephus subsp. ngottoensis Colyn 1999

Distribution: Gabon, Republic of Congo, S Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, SW Central African Republic, NW Angola.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Data Deficient as C. c. ngottoensis, otherwise Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: C. cephus species group. Includes erythrotis according to Struhsaker (1970:374-376); but see Dandelot (1974:23).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Primates, pp. 111-184 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 155, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Primates
Family
Cercopithecidae
Genus
Cercopithecus
Species
cephus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Cercopithecus cephus Linnaeus, 1758 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classis, ordines, genera, species cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tenth ed. Vol. 1. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 824 pp.
  • Struhsaker, T. T. 1970. Phylogenetic implications of some vocalizations of Cercopithecus monkeys. Pp. 365 - 444, in Old World Monkeys (J. R. Napier and P. H. Napier, eds.). Academic Press, London, 660 pp.
  • Dandelot, P. 1974. Order Primates. Part 3. Pp. 1 - 45, in The mammals of Africa: An identification manual (J. Meester and H. W. Setzer, eds.) [issued 10 Sep 1974]. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., not continuously paginated.