Combined geographic range of Diana monkey (western half) and roloway monkey (eastern half)
Synonyms[5]
Simia diana Linnaeus, 1758
Simia faunus Linnaeus, 1758
The Diana monkey (Cercopithecus diana) is an Old World monkey found in the high canopy forests in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and western Côte d’Ivoire[6] Named for its white brow which is said to resemble the bow of the Roman goddess Diana, this black-grey guenon has a white throat, crescent-shaped browband, ruff and beard.
^Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 155. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
^Koné, I.; McGraw, S.; Gonedelé Bi, S.; Oates, J.F. (2019). "Cercopithecus diana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T4245A92384250. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T4245A92384250.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^Linnaeus, Carl von (1758). Systema naturæ. Regnum animale (10th ed.). Guilielmus Engelmann. pp. 26–27. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
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