Allochrocebus is a primate genus including the terrestrial guenons:[1] the L'Hoest's monkey,[2] the Preuss's monkey,[3] and the sun-tailed monkey.[4]

Allochrocebus
L'Hoest's monkey
L'Hoest's monkey
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Cercopithecidae
Tribe: Cercopithecini
Genus: Allochrocebus
Elliot, 1913
Species and subspecies[1]

Taxonomy & systematics

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Formerly included in genus Cercopithecus, the three species of terrestrial guenons are now included in genus Allochrocebus.[5][6]

Genus Allochrocebus Elliot, 1913 – three species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
L'Hoest's monkey

 

A. lhoesti
(P. L. Sclater, 1899)
Central Africa
 
Size: 31–69 cm (12–27 in) long, plus 48–10 cm (19–4 in) tail[7]

Habitat: Forest[8]

Diet: Fruit, leaves, mushrooms, and invertebrates[7]
 VU 


Unknown  [8]

Preuss's monkey

 

A. preussi
(Matschie, 1898)

Two subspecies
  • C. p. insularis (Bioko Preuss's monkey)
  • C. p. preussi (Cameroon Preuss's monkey)
West-central Africa
 
Size: 45–61 cm (18–24 in) long, plus 49–69 cm (19–27 in) tail[9]

Habitat: Forest and grassland[10]

Diet: Fruit, seeds, shoots, leaves, buds, flowers, and mushrooms[9]
 EN 


Unknown  [10]

Sun-tailed monkey

 

A. solatus
(M. J. S. Harrison, 1988)
West-central Africa
 
Size: 45–58 cm (18–23 in) long, plus 56–76 cm (22–30 in) tail[11]

Habitat: Forest[12]

Diet: Fruit, seeds, and invertebrates[11]
 NT 


Unknown  [12]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Allochrocebus Elliot, 1913". ITIS. doi:10.5066/F7KH0KBK. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  2. ^ Ukizintambara, T.; Olupot, W.; Hart, J. (2019). "Allochrocebus lhoesti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T4220A92345122. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T4220A92345122.en. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  3. ^ Cronin, D.T.; Maisels, F.; Ndeloh, D.; Gadsby, E. (2019) [errata version of 2019 assessment]. "Allochrocebus preussi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T4227A161178708. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T4227A161178708.en. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  4. ^ Abernethy, K.; Maisels, F.; Coad, L. (2019) [errata version of 2019 assessment]. "Allochrocebus solatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T4230A154209091. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T4230A154209091.en. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  5. ^ Jonathan Kingdon, David Happold, Michael Hoffmann, Thomas Butynski, Meredith Happold und Jan Kalina (Hrsg.): Mammals of Africa, Volume II: Primates A&C Black, 2013. ISBN 978-1-4081-2257-0
  6. ^ Mittermeier, Russell A., Anthony B. Rylands & Don E. Wilson: Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 3. Primates, Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, 2013 ISBN 978-84-96553-89-7
  7. ^ a b Ferguson, Bess (2011). "Cercopithecus lhoesti". Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan. Archived from the original on July 24, 2023. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
  8. ^ a b Ukizintambara, T.; Olupot, W.; Hart, J. (2019). "Allochrocebus lhoesti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T4220A92345122. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T4220A92345122.en.
  9. ^ a b Kingdon 2015, p. 156
  10. ^ a b Cronin, D. T.; Maisels, F.; Ndeloh, D.; Gadsby, E. (2019) [errata version of 2019 assessment]. "Allochrocebus preussi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T4227A161178708. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T4227A161178708.en.
  11. ^ a b Kingdon 2015, p. 157
  12. ^ a b Abernethy, K.; Maisels, F.; Coad, L. (2019) [errata version of 2019 assessment]. "Allochrocebus solatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T4230A154209091. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T4230A154209091.en.

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