Cercopithecus hamlyni

Pocock, 1907

Owl-faced Monkey

Also as Hamlyn's Guenon, Hamlyn's Monkey, Owl-faced Guenon.
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Location:Germany, Berlin, Zoological GardenDate taken:19 April 2014Description:Also as Hamlyn's Guenon, Hamlyn's Monkey, Owl-faced Guenon.

Distribution :

E Dem. Rep. Congo, Rwanda.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 4319

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

Pocock, R.I. 1907-12-01. Description of a new species of monkey (Cercopithecus Hamlyni) from the Ituri Forest. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)20(120):521-522.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26413774

Original name as described

Cercopithecus Hamlyni

Other common names

Hamlyn's Guenon · Hamlyn's Monkey · Owl-faced Guenon · Mount Kahuzi Owl-faced Monkey · Nose-stripe Owl-faced Monkey

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1939.1099

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/313df12b-59de-4b79-84e2-4f54224d4641

Type locality

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ituri Forest.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Rwanda · Burundi? · Uganda?

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000571

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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: 6 names and synonyms.

Cercopithecus Hamlyni

Pocock, 1907

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

hamlyni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1939.1099

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

The Ituri Forest

Type locality

Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/313df12b-59de-4b79-84e2-4f54224d4641

Authority page

521

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26413774

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Schwarz (1928:130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68600)
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 (1982:232) (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 (2003:1334) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4919)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:687) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:339) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4219) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4219) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000571) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4219/166615690) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cercopithecus leucampyx aurora

O. Thomas & Wroughton, 1910

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

aurora

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.7.4.1

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

South end of Lake Kivu

Type locality

Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ecd5acf6-134d-4c17-b0bd-7f59e715898a

Authority page

485

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31647701

Authority publication

Transactions of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Lasiopyga aurora:

D. G. Elliot, 1913

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

aurora

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

lx

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602354

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Elliot (1913:lx, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602354) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)

Rhinostigma hamlyni:

D. G. Elliot, 1913

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

hamlyni

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)
Allen (1925:348, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42949826) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11615)

Cercopithecus hamlyni kahuziensis

Colyn & Rahm, 1988

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

kahuziensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMB M08-039

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Musisi (2*18'S—28*42'E), dans la zone marécageuse située au pied de la forêt de bambous entre les monts Kahuzi et Biega (Parc National du Kahuzi-Biega depuis 1970; fig. 3).

Type locality

Democratic Republic of the Congo: 2°18′S, 28°42′E.

Authority page

204

Authority publication

Folia Primatologica

Name usages

Grubb, Butynski, Oates, Bearder, Disotell, Groves & Struhsaker (2003:1334) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4919)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:687) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Cercopithecus hamlyni hamlyni:

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

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

hamlyni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

1334

Authority publication

International Journal of Primatology

Name usages

Grubb, Butynski, Oates, Bearder, Disotell, Groves & Struhsaker (2003:1334) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4919)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:687) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

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