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Cercopithecus
Taxonomy
Simia (Cercopithecus) was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.
It was reranked as Cercopithecus by Illiger (1811), Gray (1821), Gray (1825), Pilgrim (1915), McKenna and Bell (1997), Jablonski (2002), Tosi et al. (2004) and Wilson and Reeder (2005).
It was assigned to Simia by Linnaeus (1758) and Kerr (1792); to Quadrumana by Illiger (1811); to Cercopithecidae by Gray (1821), Pilgrim (1915) and McKenna and Bell (1997); to Cercopithecini by Gray (1825), Jablonski (2002) and Tosi et al. (2004); and to Cercopithecinae by Wilson and Reeder (2005).
It was reranked as Cercopithecus by Illiger (1811), Gray (1821), Gray (1825), Pilgrim (1915), McKenna and Bell (1997), Jablonski (2002), Tosi et al. (2004) and Wilson and Reeder (2005).
It was assigned to Simia by Linnaeus (1758) and Kerr (1792); to Quadrumana by Illiger (1811); to Cercopithecidae by Gray (1821), Pilgrim (1915) and McKenna and Bell (1997); to Cercopithecini by Gray (1825), Jablonski (2002) and Tosi et al. (2004); and to Cercopithecinae by Wilson and Reeder (2005).
Subtaxa
C. albogularis, C. ascanius, C. campbelli, C. cephus, C. denti, C. diana, C. doggetti, C. dryas, C. erythrogaster, C. erythrotis, C. hamlyni, C. kandti, C. leucampyx, C. lomamiensis, C. lowei, C. mitis, C. mona, C. neglectus, C. nictitans, C. petaurista, C. pogonias, C. pygerythrus, C. roloway, C. sabaeus, C. sclateri, C. wolfi
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1758 | Simia (Cercopithecus) Linnaeus |
1792 | Simia (Cercopithecus) Kerr |
1811 | Cercopithecus Illiger p. 68 |
1811 | Lasiopyga Illiger p. 68 |
1821 | Cercopithecus Gray p. 297 |
1825 | Cercopithecus Gray p. 338 |
1825 | Lasiopyga Gray p. 338 |
1915 | Cercopithecus Pilgrim p. 3 |
1997 | Cercopithecus McKenna and Bell |
2002 | Cercopithecus Jablonski |
2004 | Cercopithecus Tosi et al. |
2005 | Cercopithecus Wilson and Reeder |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Cercopithecus Linnaeus 1758
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Cercopithecus albogularis Sykes 1831 [Sykes' monkey]
Cercopithecus albogularis kolbi Neumann 1902
Cercopithecus ascanius Audebert 1799
Cercopithecus campbelli Waterhouse 1838
Cercopithecus cephus Linnaeus 1758 [moustached guenon]
Cercopithecus denti Thomas 1907
Cercopithecus diana Linnaeus 1758 [Diana monkey]
Cercopithecus doggetti Pocock 1907
Cercopithecus dryas Schwartz 1932
Cercopithecus erythrogaster Gray 1866
Cercopithecus erythrotis Waterhouse 1838 [red-eared guenon]
Cercopithecus hamlyni Pocock 1907
Cercopithecus kandti Matschie 1905
Cercopithecus leucampyx Pocock 1907
Cercopithecus lomamiensis Hart et al. 2012 [lesula]
Cercopithecus lowei Thomas 1923
Cercopithecus mitis Wolf 1822 [blue monkey]
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Cercopithecus mitis boutourlini Giglioli 1888 [Boutourlini's blue monkey]
Cercopithecus mona Schreber 1774
Cercopithecus neglectus Schlegel 1876
Cercopithecus nictitans Linnaeus 1766 [greater spot-nosed monkey]
Cercopithecus petaurista Schreber 1774
Cercopithecus pogonias Bennett 1833
Cercopithecus pygerythrus Cuvier 1821 [vervet monkey]
Cercopithecus roloway Schreber 1774
Cercopithecus sabaeus Linnaeus 1766 [green monkey]
Cercopithecus sclateri Pocock 1904
Cercopithecus wolfi Meyer 1891
Invalid names: Cercopithecus mitis omensis Thomas 1901 [synonym], Lasiopyga Illiger 1811 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available