Moustached guenon

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Moustached guenon[1]
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At the Tierpark Hellabrunn

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Cercopithecus
Species:
C. cephus
Binomial name
Cercopithecus cephus
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Moustached guenon range
Synonyms

Simia cephus Linnaeus, 1758

The moustached guenon or moustached monkey (Cercopithecus cephus) is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 155. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ a b Abernethy, K.; Maisels, F. (2020). "Cercopithecus cephus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T4214A166614362. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T4214A166614362.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  3. ^ Linnaeus, Carl (1758). Systema naturæ. Regnum animale (10th ed.). p. 27. Retrieved 19 November 2012.


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