Diana monkey

Diana monkey[1]
Diana monkey at the Zoo de la Bourbansais
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[3]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Cercopithecus
Species:
C. diana
Binomial name
Cercopithecus diana
Combined geographic range of Diana monkey (western half) and roloway monkey (eastern half)
Synonyms[5]
  • Simia diana Linnaeus, 1758
  • Simia faunus Linnaeus, 1758

The Diana monkey (Cercopithecus diana) is an Old World monkey found in the high canopy forests in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and western Côte d’Ivoire[6] Named for its white brow which is said to resemble the bow of the Roman goddess Diana, this black-grey guenon has a white throat, crescent-shaped browband, ruff and beard.

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  2. ^ Koné, I.; McGraw, S.; Gonedelé Bi, S.; Oates, J.F. (2019). "Cercopithecus diana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T4245A92384250. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T4245A92384250.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  4. ^ Linnaeus, Carl von (1758). Systema naturæ. Regnum animale (10th ed.). Guilielmus Engelmann. pp. 26–27. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  5. ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). "Cercopithecus diana". Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  6. ^ Kane, E. E.; McGraw, S. W. (2017). "Dietary variation in Diana monkeys (Cercopithecus diana): the effects of polyspecific associations". Folia Primatologica (Basel). 88 (6): 455–482. doi:10.1159/000484560. PMID 29275404. S2CID 46858898.