Rungwecebus kipunji Jones et al. 2005 (monkey)

Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae

Alternative combination: Lophocebus kipunji

Full reference: T. Jones, C.L. Ehardt, T.M. Butynski, T.R. Davenport, N.E. Mpunga, S.J. Machaga, and D.W. De Luca. 2005. The highland mangabey Lophocebus kipunji: a new species of African monkey. Science 308(5725):1161-1164

Belongs to Rungwecebus according to C. J. Burgin et al. 2018

See also Davenport et al. 2006 and Jones et al. 2005

Sister taxa: none

Ecology: arboreal frugivore-folivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Rungwecebus kipunji in the database

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