Guenon
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This article is about the monkey. For the French metaphysician, see René Guénon.
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Guenons[1]
Roloway MonkeyDarwin's "Descent of man" (1872)
Roloway Monkey
Darwin's "Descent of man" (1872)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Cercopithecus
Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Simia diana
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

See text.

The guenons are the genus Cercopithecus of Old World monkeys. Not all the members of this genus have the word "guenon" in their common names, and because of changes in scientific classification, some monkeys in other genera may have common names that do include the word "guenon". Nonetheless the use of the term guenon for monkeys of this genus is widely accepted.

All members of the genus are endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa, and most are forest monkeys. Many of the species are quite local in their ranges, and some have even more local subspecies. Many are threatened or endangered because of habitat loss.

The species currently placed in the genus Chlorocebus, known as vervet monkeys or green monkeys, were formerly considered as a species in this genus, Cercopithecus aethiops.

Species list

Genus Cercopithecus

De Brazza's Monkey
De Brazza's Monkey

References

  1. ^ Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 154-158. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 

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