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Dent's Mona Monkey
Cercopithecus denti Thomas, 1907
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Dent's mona monkey (Cercopithecus denti) is an Old World monkey in the family Cercopithecidae found in Central Africa. Debate on whether it constituted a separate species or subspecies continued between zoologists, and it was previously classified as a subspecies of other monkeys by some of them. It was re-classified as a separate species in 2001. It is classified as Least Concern in the IUCN Red List.
Wikipedia contributors, Dent's mona monkey; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:11:55.950259+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Cercopithecus denti Thomas, 1907
- Name authority
- Thomas, 1907
- Common name
- Dent's Mona Monkey
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Primates
- Family
- Cercopithecidae
- Genus
- Cercopithecus
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderPrimates Linnaeus, 1758
- suborderHaplorrhini Pocock, 1918
- infraorderSimiiformes Haeckel, 1866
- superfamilyCercopithecoidea Gray, 1821
- familyCercopithecidae Gray, 1821
- subfamilyCercopithecinae Gray, 1821
- tribeCercopithecini
- genusCercopithecus Linnaeus, 1758
- speciesCercopithecus denti Thomas, 1907
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Cercopithecus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Red-bellied MonkeyCercopithecus erythrogaster Gray, 1866 | CercopithecidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Moustached GuenonCercopithecus cephus (Linnaeus, 1758) | CercopithecidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lowe's Mona MonkeyCercopithecus lowei Thomas, 1923 | CercopithecidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-eared GuenonCercopithecus erythrotis Waterhouse, 1838 | CercopithecidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hamlyn's MonkeyCercopithecus hamlyni Pocock, 1907 | CercopithecidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-cheeked White-nosed MonkeyCercopithecus ascanius (Audebert, 1799) | CercopithecidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| LesulaCercopithecus lomamiensis Hart, Detwiler, Gilbert, Burrell, Fuller, Emetshu, Hart, Vosper, Sargis & Tosi, 2012 | CercopithecidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mona MonkeyCercopithecus mona (Schreber, 1775) | CercopithecidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser Spot-nosed MonkeyCercopithecus petaurista (Schreber, 1774) | CercopithecidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Crested Mona MonkeyCercopithecus pogonias Bennett, 1833 | CercopithecidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sclater's GuenonCercopithecus sclateri Pocock, 1904 | CercopithecidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Wolf's Mona MonkeyCercopithecus wolfi Meyer, 1891 | CercopithecidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Cercopithecus denti liebrechtsi Dubois & Matschie, 1912 Dubois & Matschie, 1912 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=944224 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:69KC4. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.