Authority citation: Audebert, J.B. 1799-12-02. [Parts 1–6]. in Audebert, J.B. 1799-1800. Histoire naturelle des singes et des makis. Desray, Paris, 44 pp.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58948807
Original name as described: Simia Ascanius
Nominal names: ascanius (Audebert, 1799) | melanogenys J. E. Gray, 1845 | histrio H. G. L. Reichenbach, 1862 | ascanias Schlegel, 1876 [incorrect subsequent spelling] | picturatus F. M. Santos, 1886 | schmidti Matschie, 1892 | whitesidei O. Thomas, 1909 | cirrhorhinus Matschie, 1913 | enkamer Matschie, 1913 | kaimosae (E. Heller, 1913) | kassaicus Matschie, 1913 | mpangae Matschie, 1913 | omissus Matschie, 1913 | pelorhinus Matschie, 1913 | sassae Matschie, 1913 | ituriensis (von Lorenz-Liburnau, 1914) | montanus von Lorenz-Liburnau, 1914 | rutschuricus von Lorenz-Liburnau, 1917 [preoccupied] | katangae Lönnberg, 1919 | orientalis Lönnberg, 1919 | atrinasus A. de B. Machado, 1965 [variety or form]
Other common names: Red-tailed Guenon|Black-cheeked Red-tailed Monkey|Black-nosed Red-tailed Monkey|Katanga Red-tailed Monkey|Schmidt's Red-tailed Monkey|Yellow-nosed Red-tailed Monkey
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Primates -- Family: Cercopithecidae -- Subfamily: Cercopithecinae -- Tribe: Cercopithecini
Type locality: no type locality specified. Restricted by A.B. Machado in 1969 to north-west Angola, by the lower Congo River.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Central African Republic (CAF) | South Sudan (SSD) | Uganda (UGA) | Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD) | Kenya (KEN) | Rwanda (RWA) | Burundi (BDI) | Tanzania (TZA) | Angola (AGO) | Zambia (ZMB)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Least concern
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