Cercopithecus erythrogaster

J. E. Gray, 1866

Red-bellied Monkey

Cercopithecus erythrogaster erythrogaster. Also as White-throated Monkey, Red-bellied Guenon.
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Location:Benin, Ouémé department, Bonou commune, Gnanhouizounmè sacred forest, 06°54' N 02°24' EDate taken:5 June 2013Description:Cercopithecus erythrogaster erythrogaster. Also as White-throated Monkey, Red-bellied Guenon.

Distribution :

S Nigeria, both west and east of the Niger in the delta region; Benin; Togo.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 2399

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

Gray, J.E. 1866-09. Notice of a new West-African monkey living in the Gardens of the Society. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866(2):168-169.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28627627

Original name as described

Cercopithecus erythrogaster

Other common names

White-throated Monkey · Nigeria White-throated Monkey · Red-bellied Guenon

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1866.8.6.15

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/03a8ba49-d7b2-43a0-a109-332c0cc8b524 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/90679e2e-c46d-4024-b491-06193c064f48

Type locality

West Africa. Restricted by P. Grubb and colleagues in 1999 to Benin, Lama Forest.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Benin · Nigeria · Togo

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000569

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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: 5 names and synonyms.

Cercopithecus erythrogaster

J. E. Gray, 1866

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

erythrogaster

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1866.8.6.15

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

West Africa

Type locality

Benin.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/03a8ba49-d7b2-43a0-a109-332c0cc8b524 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/90679e2e-c46d-4024-b491-06193c064f48

Authority page

169

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28627627

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Gray (1868:182, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28664687) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69182)
Gray (1871:128, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994645) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)
Sclater (1872:7, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037765) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
Schlegel (1876:69, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14895134) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67480)
Trouessart (1904:11, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422866) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Corbet & Hill (1980:89) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:98) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Groves (1993:264) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69008)
Grubb, Butynski, Oates, Bearder, Disotell, Groves & Struhsaker (2003:1335) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4919)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:688) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:384) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4217) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4217) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000569) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4217/17946182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Lasiopyga erythrogaster:

D. G. Elliot, 1913

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

erythrogaster

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

lix

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602353

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Elliot (1913:lix, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602353) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)

Cercopithecus nictitans erythrogaster:

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

erythrogaster

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

151

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782702

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:151, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782702) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Cercopithecus erythrogaster pococki

Grubb, Lernould, & Oates, 1999

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

pococki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1915.6.12.1

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Lagos [= inland from Lagos, Nigeria] @

Type locality

Nigeria: 6°27′18″N, 3°23′2″E.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7827d44a-2734-441e-a0fa-bb4cf5589ca3

Authority page

391

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

Grubb, Butynski, Oates, Bearder, Disotell, Groves & Struhsaker (2003:1335) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4919)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:688) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Cercopithecus erythrogaster erythrogaster:

Grubb, Butynski, Oates, Bearder, Disotell, Groves, & Struhsaker, 2003

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

erythrogaster

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

1335

Authority publication

International Journal of Primatology

Name usages

Grubb, Butynski, Oates, Bearder, Disotell, Groves & Struhsaker (2003:1335) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4919)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:688) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

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