Allochrocebus

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Allochrocebus
L'Hoest's monkey
L'Hoest's monkey
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Cercopithecidae
Tribe: Cercopithecini
Genus: Allochrocebus
Elliot, 1913
Species and subspecies[1]
  • Allochrocebus lhoesti (Sclater, 1899)
  • Allochrocebus preussi (Matschie, 1898)
    • (Thomas, 1910)
    • (Matschie, 1898)
  • Allochrocebus solatus (Harrison, 1988)

Allochrocebus is a primate genus including the terrestrial guenons:[2] the L'Hoest's monkey,[3] the Preuss's monkey,[4] and the sun-tailed monkey.[5][6]

Taxonomy & systematics[]

Formerly included in genus Cercopithecus, the three species of terrestrial guenons are now included in genus Allochrocebus.[7][8]

Image Scientific name Distribution
L'Hoest Monkey (15957454276).jpg Allochrocebus lhoesti (Sclater, 1899) upper eastern Congo Basin
Mono de Preuss.jpg Allochrocebus preussi (Matschie, 1898) eastern Nigeria, western Cameroon and Bioko in Equatorial Guinea
Cercopithecus solatus.JPG Allochrocebus solatus (Harrison, 1988) Gabon

References[]

  1. ^ "Allochrocebus Elliot, 1913" (html). ITIS. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  2. ^ "ITIS Standard Report Page: Allochrocebus". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Allochrocebus lhoesti - IUCN". iucnredlist.org. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Allochrocebus preussi - IUCN". iucnredlist.org. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Allochrocebus solatus - IUCN". iucnredlist.org. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  6. ^ Ang, Andie; Hermans, Adam (2014). "Primate Watching". Primate Watching. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  7. ^ Jonathan Kingdon, David Happold, Michael Hoffmann, Thomas Butynski, Meredith Happold und Jan Kalina (Hrsg.): Mammals of Africa, Volume II: Primates A&C Black, 2013. ISBN 978-1-4081-2257-0
  8. ^ Mittermeier, Russell A., Anthony B. Rylands & Don E. Wilson: Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 3. Primates, Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, 2013 ISBN 978-84-96553-89-7


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