Allochrocebus

Allochrocebus
	L'Hoest's monkey
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Placentalia
Order:	Primates
Family:	Cercopithecidae
Tribe:	Cercopithecini
Genus:	Allochrocebus; Elliot, 1913
Type species
	Cercopithecus lhoesti; Sclater, 1899
Species and subspecies
	Allochrocebus lhoesti (Sclater, 1899); Allochrocebus preussi (Matschie, 1898) Allochrocebus preussi insularis (Thomas, 1910); Allochrocebus preussi preussi (Matschie, 1898); ; Allochrocebus solatus (Harrison, 1988);

Allochrocebus is a primate genus including the terrestrial guenons:² the L'Hoest's monkey,³ the Preuss's monkey,⁴ and the sun-tailed monkey.⁵

Taxonomy & systematics

Formerly included in genus Cercopithecus, the three species of terrestrial guenons are now included in genus Allochrocebus.⁶⁷

Genus *Allochrocebus* – Elliot, 1913 – three species
Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
L'Hoest's monkey	A. lhoesti (P. L. Sclater, 1899)	Central Africa	Size: 31–69 cm (12–27 in) long, plus 48–10 cm (19–4 in) tail⁸ Habitat: Forest⁹ Diet: Fruit, leaves, mushrooms, and invertebrates⁸	VU Unknown ⁹
Preuss's monkey	A. preussi (Matschie, 1898) Two subspecies A. p. insularis (Bioko Preuss's monkey) A. p. preussi (Cameroon Preuss's monkey)	West-central Africa	Size: 45–61 cm (18–24 in) long, plus 49–69 cm (19–27 in) tail¹⁰ Habitat: Forest and grassland¹¹ Diet: Fruit, seeds, shoots, leaves, buds, flowers, and mushrooms¹⁰	EN Unknown ¹¹
Sun-tailed monkey	A. solatus (M. J. S. Harrison, 1988)	West-central Africa	Size: 45–58 cm (18–23 in) long, plus 56–76 cm (22–30 in) tail¹² Habitat: Forest¹³ Diet: Fruit, seeds, and invertebrates¹²	NT Unknown ¹³

References

Groves, C. (2006). Taxonomy and Biogeography of the Primates of Western Uganda.: Newton-Fisher, N.E., Notman, H., Paterson, J.D., Reynolds, V. (eds) Primates of Western Uganda. Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects. New York, NY: Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-33505-6. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
"Allochrocebus Elliot, 1913". ITIS. doi:10.5066/F7KH0KBK. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
Ukizintambara, T.; Olupot, W.; Hart, J. (2019). "Allochrocebus lhoesti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019 e.T4220A92345122. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T4220A92345122.en. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
Cronin, D.T.; Maisels, F.; Ndeloh, D.; Gadsby, E. (2019) [errata version of 2019 assessment]. "Allochrocebus preussi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019 e.T4227A161178708. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T4227A161178708.en. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
Abernethy, K.; Maisels, F.; Coad, L. (2019) [errata version of 2019 assessment]. "Allochrocebus solatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019 e.T4230A154209091. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T4230A154209091.en. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
Jonathan Kingdon, David Happold, Michael Hoffmann, Thomas Butynski, Meredith Happold und Jan Kalina (Hrsg.): Mammals of Africa, Volume II: Primates A&C Black, 2013. ISBN 978-1-4081-2257-0
Mittermeier, Russell A., Anthony B. Rylands & Don E. Wilson: Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 3. Primates, Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, 2013 ISBN 978-84-96553-89-7
Ferguson, Bess (2011). "Cercopithecus lhoesti". Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan. Archived from the original on July 24, 2023. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
Ukizintambara, T.; Olupot, W.; Hart, J. (2019). "Allochrocebus lhoesti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019 e.T4220A92345122. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T4220A92345122.en.
Kingdon 2015, p. 156
Cronin, D. T.; Maisels, F.; Ndeloh, D.; Gadsby, E. (2019) [errata version of 2019 assessment]. "Allochrocebus preussi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019 e.T4227A161178708. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T4227A161178708.en.
Kingdon 2015, p. 157
Abernethy, K.; Maisels, F.; Coad, L. (2019) [errata version of 2019 assessment]. "Allochrocebus solatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019 e.T4230A154209091. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T4230A154209091.en.

Sources

Kingdon, Jonathan (2015). The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals (Second ed.). Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4729-2531-2.

[1] Groves, C. (2006). Taxonomy and Biogeography of the Primates of Western Uganda.: Newton-Fisher, N.E., Notman, H., Paterson, J.D., Reynolds, V. (eds) Primates of Western Uganda. Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects. New York, NY: Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-33505-6. Retrieved 16 December 2024.

[ITIS-2] "Allochrocebus Elliot, 1913". ITIS. doi:10.5066/F7KH0KBK. Retrieved 19 February 2019.

[3] Ukizintambara, T.; Olupot, W.; Hart, J. (2019). "Allochrocebus lhoesti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019 e.T4220A92345122. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T4220A92345122.en. Retrieved 9 September 2022.

[iucn-4] Cronin, D.T.; Maisels, F.; Ndeloh, D.; Gadsby, E. (2019) [errata version of 2019 assessment]. "Allochrocebus preussi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019 e.T4227A161178708. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T4227A161178708.en. Retrieved 9 September 2022.

[5] Abernethy, K.; Maisels, F.; Coad, L. (2019) [errata version of 2019 assessment]. "Allochrocebus solatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019 e.T4230A154209091. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T4230A154209091.en. Retrieved 9 September 2022.

[6] Jonathan Kingdon, David Happold, Michael Hoffmann, Thomas Butynski, Meredith Happold und Jan Kalina (Hrsg.): Mammals of Africa, Volume II: Primates A&C Black, 2013. ISBN 978-1-4081-2257-0

[7] Mittermeier, Russell A., Anthony B. Rylands & Don E. Wilson: Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 3. Primates, Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, 2013 ISBN 978-84-96553-89-7

[ADWLHoestsmonkey-8] Ferguson, Bess (2011). "Cercopithecus lhoesti". Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan. Archived from the original on July 24, 2023. Retrieved July 24, 2023.

[IUCNLHoestsmonkey-9] Ukizintambara, T.; Olupot, W.; Hart, J. (2019). "Allochrocebus lhoesti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019 e.T4220A92345122. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T4220A92345122.en.

[FieldAfrica156-10] Kingdon 2015, p. 156

[IUCNPreusssmonkey-11] Cronin, D. T.; Maisels, F.; Ndeloh, D.; Gadsby, E. (2019) [errata version of 2019 assessment]. "Allochrocebus preussi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019 e.T4227A161178708. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T4227A161178708.en.

[FieldAfrica157-12] Kingdon 2015, p. 157

[IUCNSun-tailedmonkey-13] Abernethy, K.; Maisels, F.; Coad, L. (2019) [errata version of 2019 assessment]. "Allochrocebus solatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019 e.T4230A154209091. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T4230A154209091.en.

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