Cercopithecini

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Cercopithecini is a tribe of Old World monkey that includes several monkey species, including the vervet monkeys, talapoins and the guenons, all in Africa.
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Black crested mangabey

phylum Chordata The Black crested mangabey is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family. It is found in Angola and Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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class Mammalia
infraclass Eutheria
order Primates
family Cercopithecidae
genus Lophocebus
species L. aterrimus

Diana monkey

phylum Chordata The Diana monkey (Cercopithecus diana) is an Old World monkey found in West Africa, from Sierra Leone to Côte d'Ivoire. They are generally black or dark grey, but have a white throat, crescent-shaped browband, ruff and beard; the browband gave the species its common name, since it was held to resemble the bow of the goddess Diana.

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class Mammalia
infraclass Eutheria
order Primates
family Cercopithecidae
genus Cercopithecus
species C. diana

Guenon

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.

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Diana monkey

phylum Chordata The Diana monkey (Cercopithecus diana) is an Old World monkey found in West Africa, from Sierra Leone to Côte d'Ivoire. They are generally black or dark grey, but have a white throat, crescent-shaped browband, ruff and beard; the browband gave the species its common name, since it was held to resemble the bow of the goddess Diana.

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class Mammalia
infraclass Eutheria
order Primates
family Cercopithecidae
genus Cercopithecus
species C. diana

Lesser spot-nosed monkey

phylum Chordata The lesser spot-nosed monkey is a small arboreal Cercopithecidae with a long tail. The face is black with a white nose spot. It is endemic to West Africa.

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class Mammalia
infraclass Eutheria
order Primates
family Cercopithecidae
genus Cercopithecus
species C. petaurista

Red-tailed monkey

phylum Chordata The red-tailed monkey (Cercopithecus ascanius), also known as the black-cheeked white-nosed monkey, red-tailed guenon, redtail monkey, or Schmidt's guenon, is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and possibly Burundi. The red-tailed monkey is usually black, red, or orange.

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class Mammalia
infraclass Eutheria
order Primates
family Cercopithecidae
genus Cercopithecus
species C. ascanius