Lowe's mona monkey
| Lowe's mona monkey[1] | |
|---|---|
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| Lowe's mona monkey in Mole Game Reserve, Ghana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | Cercopithecidae |
| Genus: | Cercopithecus |
| Species: | C. lowei |
| Binomial name | |
| Cercopithecus lowei Thomas, 1923 | |
Lowe's mona monkey (Cercopithecus lowei) is an Old World monkey in the family Cercopithecidae found from the Ivory Coast to Ghana.[1] It was previously classified as a subspecies of Campbell's mona monkey C. campbelli.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 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. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
- ↑ Oates, J. F., Gippoliti, S. & Groves, C. P. (2008). Cercopithecus campbelli ssp. lowei. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
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