Guenons

Blue Monkey

Cercopithecus mitis Wolf, 1822

Common Names:
    English - Blue Monkey, Diademed Monkey, Golden Monkey, Samango, Sykes' Monkey, Mitis Monkey
    French - Cercopithèque À Diadème

Distribution: Ethiopia to South Africa, S and E Zaire, NW Angola.
Status: Least Concern - IUCN Red List

Zanzibar Sykes's monkey
Photo: © Yvonne A. de Jong / Thomas M. Butynski

Blue monkey photos - ARKive

Campbell's Guenon

Cercopithecus campbelli Waterhouse, 1838

Common Names:
    English - Campbell's Monkey, Campbell's Guenon, Lowe's Monkey
    French - Cercopithèque De Campbell

Distribution: Gambia to Ghana.
Status: Least Concern - IUCN Red List

Cercopithecus campbelli lowei
Photo: Badgernet

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Crowned Guenon

Cercopithecus pogonias Bennett, 1833

Common Names:
    English - Crowned Monkey, Crowned Guenon, Golden-bellied Guenon, Golden-bellied Monkey, Wolf's Monkey
    French - Guenon Couronné, Mone
   Spanish - Mono Coronado

Distribution: SE Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko and Rio Muni (Equatorial Guinea), N and W Gabon, W Zaire, Congo Republic.
Status: Least Concern - IUCN Red List

Congo Basin Wolf's monkey
Photo: © Daniel Heuclin

Crowned Guenon photos - ARKive

De Brazza’s Monkey

Cercopithecus neglectus Schlegel, 1876

Common Names:
    English - De Brazza’s Monkey, De Brazza's Guenon, de Brazza Monkey
    French - Cercopithèque De Brazza

Distribution: This widespread species ranges from north-eastern Angola, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea (Rio Muni) and Gabon in the west of its range to Uganda, Kenya and south-western Ethiopia in the east.
Status: Least Concern - IUCN Red List

Adult female De Brazza's Monkey
Photo: © Tim Knight; Location: Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle

De Brazza’s monkey photos - ARKive

Diana Monkey

Cercopithecus diana (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common Names:
    English - Diana/roloway Monkey, Diana Guenon, Diana Monkey, Roloway Monkey
    French - Cercopithèque Diane

Distribution: Sierra Leone to Ghana.
Status: Vulnerable - IUCN Red List

Female Diana guenon
Photo: © John Waters

Diana guenon photos - ARKive

Dryas Guenon

Cercopithecus dryas Schwartz, 1932

Common Names:
    English - Dryad Monkey, Dryas Guenon, Dryas Monkey, Salonga Guenon
    Spanish - Mono Dryas

Distribution: Known only from a few localities in C Zaire.
Status: Critically Endangered - IUCN Red List

Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey

Cercopithecus petaurista (Schreber, 1774)

Common Names:
    English - Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey, Lesser Spot-nosed Guenon, Lesser White-nosed Guenon, Lesser White-nosed Monkey
    French - Hocheur Du Ghana

Distribution: Gambia to Benin.
Status: Least Concern - IUCN Red List

Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey at Kobe Oji Zoo, Kobe, Japan
Photo: opencage.info

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License: Creative Commons

L’hoest’s Monkey

Cercopithecus lhoesti Sclater, 1899

Common Names:
    English - L’hoest’s Monkey, L'Hoest's Guenon, L'Hoest's Monkey, Mountain Monkey
    French - Cercopithèque De L'Hoest

Distribution: E Zaire, W Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi.
Status: Vulnerable - IUCN Red List

Photo: © Tim Knight; Location: Stanley Park Zoo, Vancouver, B.C.

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Moustached Monkey

Cercopithecus cephus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common Names:
    English - Moustached Monkey, Moustached Guenon
    French - Moustac Bleu

Distribution: Gabon, Congo Republic, S Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, SW Central African Republic, NW Angola.
Status: Least Concern - IUCN Red List

Moustached guenon portrait
Photo: © Martin Harvey

Moustached guenon photos - ARKive

Red-bellied Monkey

Cercopithecus erythrogaster Gray, 1866

Common Names:
    English - White-throated Monkey, Red-bellied Guenon, Red-bellied Monkey, White-throated Guenon
    French - Cercopithèque À Ventre Roux

Distribution: S Nigeria.
Status: Vulnerable - IUCN Red List

Red-bellied guenon ssp. erythrogaster feeding
Photo: © Wendy Altherr

Red-bellied guenon photos - ARKive

Red-eared Monkey

Cercopithecus erythrotis Waterhouse, 1838

Common Names:
    English - Red-eared Monkey, Red-eared Guenon, Russet-eared Guenon
    French - Moustac À Oreilles Rouges
    Spanish - Mono De Orejas Rojas

Distribution: S and E Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko.
Status: Vulnerable - IUCN Red List

Female red-eared guenon, bushmeat rescue animal
Photo: © Brent Huffman

Red-eared guenon photos - ARKive

Red-tailed Monkey

Cercopithecus ascanius (Audebert, 1799)

Common Names:
    English - Red-tailed Monkey, Black-cheeked White-nosed Monkey, Red-tailed Guenon, Redtail Monkey, Schmidt's Guenon
    French - Ascagne

Distribution: Uganda, Zarie, Zambia, Angola, marginally in Central African Republic; W Kenya.
Status: Least Concern - IUCN Red List

Red-tailed guenon on a branch
Photo: © Kevin Schafer Photography, Seattle

Red-tailed guenon photos - ARKive

Mona Monkey

Cercopithecus mona (Schreber, 1774)

Common Names:
    English - Mona Monkey, Mona Guenon
    French - Cercopithèque Mone

Distribution: Ghana to Cameroon; introduced into Lesser Antilles (Caribbean).
Status: Least Concern - IUCN Red List

Wild Mona Monkey in Grenada
Photo: Luke Fitch

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License: Creative Commons

Owl-faced Monkey

Cercopithecus hamlyni Pocock, 1907

Common Names:
    English - Owl-faced Monkey, Hamlyn’s Monkey, Owl-faced Guenon
    French - Cercopithèque D'Hamlyn

Distribution: E Zaire, Rwanda.
Status: Vulnerable - IUCN Red List

Owl-faced guenon
Photo: © Rod Williams

Owl-faced guenon photos - ARKive

Preuss's Monkey

Cercopithecus preussi Matschie, 1898

Common Names:
    English - Preuss’s Monkey, Preuss's Guenon, Preuss's Monkey
   Spanish - Mono De Preuss

Distribution: Region of Mt. Cameroon; Bioko (Equatorial Guinea).
Status: Endangered - IUCN Red List

Female Pruess's guenon resting, bushmeat rescue animal
Photo: © Brent Huffman

Preuss’s guenon photos - ARKive

Putty-nosed Monkey

Cercopithecus nictitans (Linnaeus, 1766)

Common Names:
    English - Putty-nosed Monkey, Greater Spot-nosed Guenon, Greater White-nosed Monkey, Spot-nosed Guenon, White-nosed Guenon
    French - Hocheur

Distribution: Liberia; Iveroy Coast; Nigeria to NW Zaire, Central African Republic; Rio Muni and Bioko (Equatorial Guinea).
Status: Least Concern - IUCN Red List

Bioko putty-nosed guenon
Photo: © Brent Huffman

Greater spot-nosed guenon photos - ARKive

Cercopithecus diana ssp. roloway (Schreber, 1774)

Common Names:
    English - Roloway Monkey, Roloway Guenon

Distribution: Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire
Status: Endangered - IUCN Red List

The Roloway Monkey is one of the most endangered primates

The roloway subspecies is distinguished by its broad white brow line, long white beard and yellow thighs. Groves (2001) considers the two subspecies to be sufficiently distinct to be regarded as full species. Of the two forms, the roloway, which is known from Ghana and eastern Côte d’Ivoire, is more seriously threatened with extinction.
Learn about the Roloway Guenon.

Sclater's Guenon

Cercopithecus sclateri Pocock, 1904

Common Names:
    English - Sclater's Monkey, Sclater's Guenon, Sclater’s Guenon, White-throated Guenon
   Spanish - Mono De Sclater

Distribution: SE Nigeria.
Status: Vulnerable - IUCN Red List

Sclater's guenon with young on a branch
Photo: © Lynne R. Baker

Sclater's guenon photos - ARKive

Sun-tailed Guenon

Cercopithecus solatus M. J. S. Harrison, 1988

Common Names:
    English - Sun-tailed Monkey, Sun-tailed Guenon
   French -Cercopithèque À Queue De Soleil
   Spanish - Mono Del Gabón

Distribution: C Gabon.
Status: Vulnerable - IUCN Red List

Sun-tailed monkey
Photo: © Martin Harvey

Sun-tailed monkey photos - ARKive

Wolf's Mona Monkey

Cercopithecus wolfi Meyer, 1891

Common Names:
    English - Wolf's mona monkey, Wolf's guenon

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

Description: Wolf's Mona Monkey at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Nebraska
Photo: C Burnett
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