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

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. 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.

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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 {{oldworld-monkey-stub