Description
English: Cercopithecus diana taken at Cincinnati Zoo.
Date 26 June 2011, 16:31:22
Source Own work
Author Greg Hume https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Greg5030
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cercopithecus_diana.jpg
The Diana monkey (Cercopithecus diana) is an Old World monkey found in West Africa, from Sierra Leone to Côte d'Ivoire. Two taxa formerly considered subspecies of the Diana monkey have recently been elevated to full species status: the roloway monkey (C. roloway) is found in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana, and the Dryas monkey (C. dryas) found in the DR Congo. Order: Primates, Family: Cercopithecidae, Synonyms: Simia faunus Linnaeus, 1766. |
