Cercopithecus petaurista

(von Schreber, 1774)

Spot-nosed Monkey

Also as Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey|Lesser Spot-nosed Guenon|Lesser White-nosed Guenon.
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Location:USA, CA, San Diego Co., San Diego ZooDate taken:Aug 23, 2009

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 3922

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. 19B. P. pl. 19B in Schreber, J.C.D. von. 1774-1855. Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen. Walther, Erlangen.

Original name as described

Simia petaurista

Other common names

Lesser Spot-nosed Guenon · Lesser White-nosed Guenon · Eastern Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey · Western Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Togo

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

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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: 16 names and synonyms.

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