Cercopithecus ascanius (Audebert, 1799)
Distribution: Uganda, Zarie, Zambia, Angola, marginally in Central African Republic; W Kenya.
Status: CITES - Appendix II
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Campbell's Guenon

Cercopithecus campbelli Waterhouse, 1838
Distribution: Gambia to Ghana.
Status: CITES - Appendix II
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Moustached Monkey

Cercopithecus cephus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Distribution: Gabon, Congo Republic, S Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, SW Central African Republic, NW Angola.
Status: CITES - Appendix II
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Diana Monkey

Cercopithecus diana (Linnaeus, 1758)
Distribution: Sierra Leone to Ghana.
Status: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Vulnerable.
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Dryas Guenon

Cercopithecus dryas Schwartz, 1932
Distribution: Known only from a few localities in C Zaire.
Status: CITES - Appendix II; IUCN - Vulnerable as C. salongo.
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Red-bellied Monkey

Cercopithecus erythrogaster Gray, 1866
Distribution: S Nigeria.
Status: CITES - Appendix II; U.S. ESA and IUCN - Endangered.
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Red-eared Monkey

Cercopithecus erythrotis Waterhouse, 1838
Distribution: S and E Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko.
Status: CITES - Appendix II; U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Vulnerable.
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Owl-faced or Hamlyn's Monkey

Cercopithecus hamlyni Pocock, 1907
Distribution: E Zaire, Rwanda.
Status: CITES - Appendix II; IUCN - Vulnerable.
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L'Hoest or Mountain Monkey

Cercopithecus lhoesti Sclater, 1899
Distribution: E Zaire, W Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi.
Status: CITES - Appendix II; U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Vulnerable.
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Mitis, Blue, Syke's, and Samango Monkey

Cercopithecus mitis Wolf, 1822
Distribution: Ethiopia to South Africa, S and E Zaire, NW Angola.
Status: CITES - Appendix II.
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Mona Monkey

Cercopithecus mona (Schreber, 1774)
Distribution: Ghana to Cameroon; introduced into Lesser Antilles (Caribbean).
Status: CITES - Appendix II.
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de Brazza Monkey or de Brazza Guenon

Cercopithecus neglectus Schlegel, 1876
Distribution: SE Cameroon to Uganda and N Angola, W Kenya, SW Ethiopia, and S Sudan.
Status: CITES - Appendix II.
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Greater White-nosed or Putty-nosed Monkey

Cercopithecus nictitans (Linnaeus, 1766)
Distribution: Liberia; Iveroy Coast; Nigeria to NW Zaire, Central African Republic; Rio Muni and Bioko (Equatorial Guinea).
Status: CITES - Appendix II.
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Lesser White-nosed or Spot-nosed Monkey

Cercopithecus petaurista (Schreber, 1774)
Distribution: Gambia to Benin.
Status: CITES - Appendix II.
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Crowned Guenon

Cercopithecus pogonias Bennett, 1833
Distribution: SE Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko and Rio Muni (Equatorial Guinea), N and W Gabon, W Zaire, Congo Republic.
Status: CITES - Appendix II.
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Preuss's Monkey

Cercopithecus preussi Matschie, 1898
Distribution: Region of Mt. Cameroon; Bioko (Equatorial Guinea).
Status: CITES - Appendix II; IUCN - Endangered.
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Sclater's Guenon

Cercopithecus sclateri Pocock, 1904
Distribution: SE Nigeria.
Status: CITES - Appendix II; IUCN - Endangered.
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Sun-tailed Guenon

Cercopithecus solatus M. J. S. Harrison, 1988
Distribution: C Gabon.
Status: CITES - Appendix II; IUCN - Vulnerable; endangered.
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Wolf's Guenon

Cercopithecus wolfi Meyer, 1891
Distribution: Zaire, NE Angola, W Uganda, Central African Republic.
Status: CITES - Appendix II.
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