Crested mona monkey

Crested mona monkey[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Cercopithecus
Species: C. pogonias
Binomial name
Cercopithecus pogonias
Bennett, 1833
Crested Mona Monkey range

The crested mona monkey, also known as the crowned guenon, crowned monkey, golden-bellied guenon, or golden-bellied monkey, (Cercopithecus pogonias), is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae found in Angola, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Nigeria.[2]

References

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  1. Groves, C.P. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 158. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
  2. 1 2 Oates, J. F., Hart, J., Butynski, T. & Groves, C. P. (2008). Cercopithecus pogonias. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 4 January 2009.


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