Cercopithecus diana

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Diana Monkey

Oblique view, seated. Also as Diana Guenon.
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Location:USA, CA, Los Angeles Co., Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical GardensDate taken:1 January 1981Description:Oblique view, seated. Also as Diana Guenon.

Distribution :

Sierra Leone to Sassandra River, Côte d’Ivoire

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 736

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

Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033818

Original name as described

Simia Diana

Other common names

Diana Guenon

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Guinea (probably Liberia).

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cote d'Ivoire · Guinea · Liberia · Sierra Leone

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000567

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.

Total: 8 names and synonyms.

Simia Diana

Linnaeus, 1758

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

diana

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

in Guinea

Type locality

Liberia.

Authority page

26

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033818

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

Linnaeus (1758:26, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033818) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57429)
Linnaeus (1766:38, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946234) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38438)
Boddaert (1772:10, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43563382) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67754)
Borowski (1780:47, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28346915) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67756)
Boddaert (1785:58, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230022) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
Gmelin (1788:32, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751233) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
Kerr (1792:66, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664084) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & Cuvier (1795:462, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6168126) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72380)
Cuvier (1797:98, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
Audebert (1799:@fam. 4 sec. 2 p. 9, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58948781) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68277)
Shaw (1800:38, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150673) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37615)
Turton (1802:14, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772851) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
Goldfuss (1809:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497897) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
Virey (1819:276, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35135194) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60385)
Griffith (1821:65) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68343)
Fischer (1829:19) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

Cercopithecus Diana:

Erxleben, 1777

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

diana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

30

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872827

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Erxleben (1777:30, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872827) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
Zimmermann (1783:170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
Daudin (1802:146, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033396) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:19) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1812:96, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499290) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17666)
Fischer (1813:536, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29109647) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/49925)
Illiger (1815:76, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080932) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
Voigt (1819:407) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69477)
Hemprich (1820:19) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69417)
Desmarest (1821:60, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523824) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
Schinz (1821:105, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528862) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
Lesson (1827:35, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207467) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
Blyth (1840:57, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918217) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67419)
Cuvier (1842:1, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
Lesson (1842:4) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
Fitzinger (1855:66) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65926)
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1855:27, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27344904) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69176)
Murray (1866:321, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Gray (1868:182, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28664687) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69182)
Gray (1871:22, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994516) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)
Sclater (1872:7, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037765) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
Schlegel (1876:92, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14895157) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67480)
Rochebrune (1883:74, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26187527) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43667)
Flower & Lydekker (1891:724, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46965939) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34115)
Allen (1895:186, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26894322) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15949)
Jentink (1899:237, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9633774) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69604)
Trouessart (1904:14, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422863) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Allen & Coolidge (1930:588, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61248234) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68614)
Hayman (1936:917) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14108)
Allen (1939:144, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782666) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Corbet & Hill (1980:89) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:98) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Groves (1993:263) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69008)
Grubb, Butynski, Oates, Bearder, Disotell, Groves & Struhsaker (2003:1332) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4919)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:679) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:310) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4215) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4215) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000567) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4245/92384250) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Simia Sapajus Exquima

Kerr, 1792

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

exquima

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

Inhabits South America [But one of the sources is quoted: "Bearded cercopithecus from Guinea, called Exquima in Congo".]

Type locality

Earth.

Authority page

76

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664094

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Kerr (1792:76, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664094) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
Turton (1802:18, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772855) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)

Cercopithecus Palatinus

Muirhead, 1819

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

palatinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

in Guinea

Type locality

Liberia.

Authority page

401

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Muirhead (1819:401) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)

Cercopithecus Diana Var. ignita

J. E. Gray, 1871

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

ignitus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.411

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

West Africa

Type locality

Africa.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/10746d28-fed1-419c-90b6-d1030bebf841 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ac9d65d9-8b0e-48fd-8485-b80950da6fe2

Authority page

22

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994516

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

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

Cercopithecus ignitus:

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

ignitus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

15

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422862

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:15, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422862) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Lasiopyga diana:

D. G. Elliot, 1913

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

diana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

lxi

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602355

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Elliot (1913:lxi, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602355) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)

Cercopithecus diana diana:

G. M. Allen & Coolidge, 1930

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

diana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

588

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61248234

Authority publication

Cambridge (Massachusetts)

Name usages

Allen & Coolidge (1930:588, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61248234) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68614)
Allen (1939:144, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782666) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Grubb, Butynski, Oates, Bearder, Disotell, Groves & Struhsaker (2003:1332) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4919)

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