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--> SUPERFAMILY Cercopithecoidea
--> FAMILY Cercopithecidae
--> SUBFAMILY Cercopithecinae
--> GENUS Cercopithecus
SPECIES Cercopithecus dryas
Author: | Schwartz, 1932. | Citation: | Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 21: 251. | Common Name: | Dryas Monkey | Type Locality: | Dem. Rep. Congo, Ikela Zone, Yapatsi. (See Thys van den Audenaerde, 1977:1006). | Distribution: | Known only from a few localities in C Dem. Rep. Congo (Wamba Dist., 22°31'-33°E, and 0°01'N-0°01'S); see Kuroda et al. (1985, as Cercopithecus salongo). | Status: | CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Data Deficient. | Comments: | C. dryas species group. Not a subspecies of diana; possibly related to Chlorocebus aethiops; see Thys van den Audenaerde (1977:1007), Groves (2001c:204). C. salongo is an age-variant of this species, see Colyn et al. (1991). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
salongo Thys van den Audenaerde, 1977
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