Cercopithecus mona

(von Schreber, 1774)

Mona Monkey

Also as Mona Guenon.
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Location:Benin, Ouémé department, Bonou commune, Gnanhouizounmè sacred forest, 06°54' N 02°24' EDate taken:29 August 2013Description:Also as Mona Guenon.

Distribution :

Ghana to Cameroon; introduced into Lesser Antilles (Caribbean).

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 2388

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

Schreber, J.C.D. von. 1774. pl. 15. P. pl. 15 in Schreber, J.C.D. von. 1774-1855. Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen. Walther, Erlangen.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31059922

Original name as described

Simia mona

Other common names

Mona Guenon

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

Barbary.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Benin · Cameroon · Ghana · Nigeria · Togo

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000575

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 6 names and synonyms.

Simia mona

von Schreber, 1774

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

mona

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

Africa.

Authority page

pl. 15

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31059922

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

Müller (1776:7, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51217692) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38532)
Boddaert (1785:59, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230023) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
Gmelin (1788:34, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751235) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
Kerr (1792:70, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664088) (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. 11, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58948785) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68277)
Shaw (1800:54, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150697) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37615)
Turton (1802:16, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772853) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
Treviranus (1802:202, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11026068) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72409)
Goldfuss (1809:59, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497840) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
Virey (1819:276, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35135194) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60385)
Griffith (1821:62) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68343)
Fischer (1829:17) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

Cercopithecus Mona:

Erxleben, 1777

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

mona

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

32

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872829

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Erxleben (1777:32, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872829) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
Zimmermann (1783:170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
Latham & Davies (1795:3) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72595)
Daudin (1802:145, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033395) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:20) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1812:95, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499289) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17666)
Illiger (1815:76, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080932) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
Muirhead (1819:402) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
Muirhead (1819:402) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
Ranzani (1820:117, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27804515) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69437)
Desmarest (1821:58, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523822) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
Schinz (1821:104, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528861) (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)
Gistel (1848:242, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25781119) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69572)
Fitzinger (1855:67) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65926)
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1855:25, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27344902) (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 (1872:6, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037764) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
Schlegel (1876:80, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14895145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67480)
Peters (1876:471, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35329848) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17187)
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)
Trouessart (1904:13, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422864) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Allen (1911:251, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2815335) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67867)
Schwarz (1928:142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68600)
Allen & Coolidge (1930:587, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61248235) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68614)
Allen (1939:149, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782671) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Eisentraut (1963:103) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68788)
Corbet & Hill (1980:89) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Hall (1981:271) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35036)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Groves (1993:264) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69008)
Grubb, Butynski, Oates, Bearder, Disotell, Groves & Struhsaker (2003:1333) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4919)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:681) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:322) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4222) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4222) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000575) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4222/17946672) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Simia monacha

von Schreber, 1798

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

monacha

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type locality

Africa.

Authority page

pl. 15B

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31059924

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

Goldfuss (1809:60, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497841) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Lasiopyga mona:

D. G. Elliot, 1913

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

mona

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 mona mona:

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

mona

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

149

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782671

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:149, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782671) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

monella

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

monella

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomennudum · notusedasvalid

Authority page

157

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Groves (2005:157) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

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