Mona Monkey

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Mona Monkey

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Family:	Cercopithecidae
Genus:	Cercopithecus
Species:	*C. mona*

Binomial name

Cercopithecus mona
(Schreber, 1774)

The Mona Monkey is an Old World monkey that lives throughout Western Africa. This guenon lives in groups of up to 35 in arboreal regions. It mainly feeds on fruit but sometimes eats insects and leaves.

The Mona Monkey has brown agouti fur with a white rump. Its tail and legs are black and the face is blue-grey with a dark stripe across the face. The Mona Monkey carries food in cheek pouches.

References

Butynski et al (2000). Cercopithecus mona. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006.
Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 157. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.2005&rft.edition=3rd%20edition&rft.pub=Johns%20Hopkins%20University%20Press&rft.pages=157&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnmnhgoph.si.edu%2Fmsw%2F">
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Chordata
Bateson, 1885

Typical Classes

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Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates.
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Mammalia
Linnaeus, 1758

Subclasses & Infraclasses

Subclass †Allotheria*
Subclass Prototheria
Subclass Theria

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Primates
Linnaeus, 1758

Families

15, See classification

A primate is any member of the biological order Primates, the group that contains all the species commonly related to the lemurs, monkeys, and apes, with the last category
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Cercopithecoidea
Gray, 1821
Family: Cercopithecidae
Gray, 1821

Subfamilies

Cercopithecinae - 11 genera
Colobinae - 10 genera

The Old World monkeys or Cercopithecidae
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Cercopithecus
Linnaeus, 1758

Type species
Simia diana
Linnaeus, 1758

Species

See text.

The guenons are the genus Cercopithecus of Old World monkeys.
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Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (1739–1810), German naturalist
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Agouti refers to a number of species of rodents, as well as a number of genes affecting coat coloration in several different animals.

When referring to a rodent, agouti can mean:
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Colin Groves is a Professor of Biological Anthropology at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia.

Born in England, he completed a BSc (London) in 1963, and a PhD (London) in 1966.
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