Lesser spot-nosed monkey
| Lesser spot-nosed monkey[1] | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | Cercopithecidae |
| Genus: | Cercopithecus |
| Species: | C. petaurista |
| Binomial name | |
| Cercopithecus petaurista (Schreber, 1774) | |
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The lesser spot-nosed monkey, lesser spot-nosed guenon, lesser white-nosed guenon, or lesser white-nosed monkey (Cercopithecus petaurista) is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Togo, possibly Guinea-Bissau, and possibly Senegal.[2]
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- ↑ 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. 157. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
- 1 2 Oates, J. F., Gippoliti, S. & Groves, C. P. (2008). Cercopithecus petaurista. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
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