Dent's mona monkey (''Cercopithecus denti'') is an
Old World monkey
Old World monkey is the common English name for a family of primates known taxonomically as the Cercopithecidae (). Twenty-four genera and 138 species are recognized, making it the largest primate family. Old World monkey genera include baboons ...
in the family
Cercopithecidae found in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...
, the
Congo,
Rwanda, western
Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The sou ...
, and the
Central African Republic
The Central African Republic (CAR; ; , RCA; , or , ) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the southeast, the DR Congo to the south, the Republic of th ...
.
[ It was previously classified as a subspecies of ]Wolf's mona monkey
Wolf's mona monkey (''Cercopithecus wolfi''), also called Wolf's guenon, is a colourful Old World monkey in the family Cercopithecidae. It is found in central Africa, primarily between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. It lives in ...
''C. wolfi''.[ Verifying whether they are a subspecies or a separate species is dependent on further research that needs to be done at the contact zone of ''Cercopithecus denti'', ''Cercopithecus wolfi'', and ''Cercopithecus wolfi elegans'', in the forests between the Lualaba and Lomani rivers, south of the junction of the Congo and the Lomani rivers.]
References
Dent's mona monkey
Fauna of Central Africa
Mammals of the Republic of the Congo
Mammals of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mammals of Rwanda
Mammals of Uganda
Mammals of the Central African Republic
Dent's mona monkey
Dent's mona monkey
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