Cercopithecus ascanius Audebert 1799

Cercopithecus ascanius Audebert 1799, Hist. Nat. Singes Makis, Vol. 4, 2: 13.

Type Locality: Angola (NW, by lower Congo River). See Machado (1969).

Vernacular Names: Red-tailed Monkey.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Cercopithecus ascanius subsp. ascanius Audebert 1799

Subspecies Cercopithecus ascanius subsp. atrinasus Machado 1965

Subspecies Cercopithecus ascanius subsp. katangae Lönnberg 1919

Subspecies Cercopithecus ascanius subsp. schmidti Matschie 1892

Subspecies Cercopithecus ascanius subsp. whitesidei Thomas 1909

Distribution: Uganda, Dem. Rep. Congo, Zambia, Angola, marginally in Central African Republic; W Kenya.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: C. cephus species group.