Dent's_mona_monkey

Dent's mona monkey

Dent's mona monkey

Species of Old World monkey


Dent's mona monkey (Cercopithecus denti) is an Old World monkey in the family Cercopithecidae found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Congo, Rwanda, western Uganda, and the Central African Republic.[1] It was previously classified as a subspecies of Wolf's mona monkey C. wolfi.[1] Verifying whether they are a subspecies or a separate species is dependent on further research that needs to be done at the contact zone of Cercopithecus denti, Cercopithecus wolfi, and Cercopithecus wolfi elegans, in the forests between the Lualaba and Lomani rivers, south of the junction of the Congo and the Lomani rivers.[3]

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Dent's mona monkey from Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda.

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. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. Oates, J. F.; Hart, J. & Groves, C. P. (2016). "Cercopithecus denti". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. IUCN: e.T136885A92412321. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T136885A92412321.en. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  3. Booth, A.H. (August 1955). "Speciation in the Mona Monkeys". Journal of Mammalogy. 36 (3): 434–449. doi:10.2307/1375687. JSTOR 1375687.

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