Species group · Mammals

Guenons

WAnimals has 9 species of guenon, in the family Cercopithecidae.

9 species

1 family

32 countries

44 parks

Weight: 2.5 kg – 10 kg
Length: 40 cm – 70 cm
Lifespan: 24 – 30 years

Ranges calculated from the profiles that record the figure, not from all 9.

All 9 species of guenons on WAnimals

Each one has its own full profile. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.

Least Concern

De Brazza's Monkey

Cercopithecus neglectus

23 countries15 parks

Near Threatened

Mona Monkey

Cercopithecus mona

23 countries11 parks

Least Concern

Grivet

Chlorocebus aethiops

9 countries10 parks

Least Concern

Putty-nosed Monkey

Cercopithecus nictitans

21 countries22 parks

Least Concern

Red-tailed Monkey

Cercopithecus ascanius

23 countries4 parks

Least Concern

Campbell's Monkey

Cercopithecus campbelli

9 countries8 parks

Vulnerable

L'Hoest's Monkey

Allochrocebus lhoesti

4 countries7 parks

Least Concern

Wolf's Monkey

Cercopithecus wolfi

6 countries4 parks

Endangered

Preuss's Monkey

Allochrocebus preussi

3 countries4 parks

Conservation status

6 Least Concern1 Near Threatened1 Vulnerable1 Endangered

2 species in this group are in a threatened category according to the IUCN.

Where they live

Recorded in 32 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:

Where to see them

Did you know…?

Its white beard gives it the look of an old man; faced with danger it freezes rather than flees.
From De Brazza's Monkey
Its strategy in the face of danger is to freeze: it can stay completely motionless in the foliage for hours, and that stillness makes it so hard to spot that it is considered one of the most undercounted African primates in surveys.
From De Brazza's Monkey
Its white beard and orange brow band have made it one of the most recognisable monkeys in the world's zoos, though in the wild hardly anyone sees it.
From De Brazza's Monkey
There is a feral population on the island of Grenada, in the Caribbean, descended from animals carried on slave ships from West Africa more than three hundred years ago.
From Mona Monkey
Its cheek pouches can hold as much fruit as its stomach, and it is often seen with its cheeks bulging with the haul as it flees a contested tree.
From Mona Monkey
The classic studies on this group of monkeys showed that they have different alarm calls for leopard, eagle and snake, and that each triggers a specific response: climbing a tree, looking up or looking down. It was one of the first solid pieces of evidence for referential communication in a non-human animal.
From Grivet
Young males leave their natal group on reaching maturity, while females stay for life in the group where they were born.
From
The males combine two distinct alarm calls into sequences that mean something different from what they mean separately: it is one of the most cited examples of protosyntax in a non-human animal.
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