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Cercopithecus sclateri Pocock, 1904

Sclater's monkey, White-throated guenon, Sclater's guenon

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Rediscovered in 1988

IUCN RedList status: Vulnerable

 

Distribution

Nigeria (southern)

 

Biology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Baker, L. R. 2005. Distribution and Conservation Status of the Sclater’s Guenon (Cercopithecus sclateri) in Southern Nigeria. Unpublished report to Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation, Rufford Small Grants, Lincoln Park Zoo Dept. of Conservation and Science, American Society of Primatologists, Sigma Xi, National Science Foundation, and Stanford Bay Area Charities.

Baker, L. R. and Olubode, O. S. 2007. Correlates with the distribution and abundance of endangered Sclater’s monkeys (Cercopithecus sclateri) in southern Nigeria. African Journal of Ecology 46(3): 365-373.

Butynski, T. M. 2002. Conservation of the Guenons: An Overview of Status, Threats, and Recommendations. In: M. E. Glenn and M. Cords (eds), The Guenons: Diversity and Adaptation in African Monkeys, pp. 411-424. Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow.

Mittermeier, R.A., Rylands, A.B. and Wilson D.E. 2013. Handbook of the Mammals of the World: Volume 3 Primates. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

Oates, J. F., Anadu, P. A., Gadsby, E. L. and Were, J. L. 1992. Sclater's Guenon - A rare Nigerian Monkey Threatened by Deforestation. National Geographic Research and Exploration 8: 476-491.

Oates, J. F. and Anadu, P. A. 1989. A field observation of Sclater’s guenon (Cercopithecus sclateri Pocock, 1904). Folia Primatologica [1989]: 93-96.

Oates, J. F. and Baker, L. R. In press. Cercopithecus sclateri. In: J. S. Kingdon and J. Kalina (eds), The Mammals of Africa, Academic Press, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Oates, J.F., Baker, L.R. & Tooze, Z.J. (2008). Cercopithecus sclateri. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T4229A10678392. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T4229A10678392.en. Downloaded on 15 February 2017.

Scheffers, Brett R., Yong, Ding Li, Harris, J. Berton C., Giam, Xingli and Sodhi, Navjot S. (2011). The world’s rediscovered species: back from the brink? PLoS ONE 6(7): e22531. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022531 [Supporting Information (Table S1)]

Tooze, Z. 1996. Bridging Report LNG EIA: The Actual Status of Primates of the Niger Delta. Aquater/TSKJ, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

Tooze, Z. J. 1995. Update on Sclater’s Guenon Cercopithecus sclateri in Southern Nigeria. African Primates 1(2): 38-41.

 

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