- Sclater's Guenon
Taxobox
name = Sclater's GuenonMSW3 Groves|pages=158]
status = VU
trend = down
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = IUCN2006|assessors=Butynski "et al"|year=2000|id=4229|title=Cercopithecus sclateri|downloaded=11 May 2006 Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is endangered and the criteria used]
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Mammal ia
ordo =Primate s
familia =Cercopithecidae
genus = "Cercopithecus "
species = "C. sclateri"
binomial = "Cercopithecus sclateri"
binomial_authority = Pocock, 1904Sclater's Guenon ("Cercopithecus sclateri"), also known as Sclater's Monkey and the Nigerian Monkey, is an
Old World monkey that was first described byReginald Innes Pocock in 1904 and named afterPhilip Sclater . It is an arboreal and diurnalprimate that lives in the forests of southernNigeria . It should not be confused with the closely related species, theWhite-throated Guenon ("Cercopithecus erythrogaster"), which occurs in Nigeria andBenin . Sclater's Guenon was formerly classified as a subspecies of theRed-eared Guenon ("C. erythrotis").The diet of Sclater's Guenon is unknown. The species is likely primarily a
frugivore that supplements its diet with other plant parts and insects, based on data from closely related species.cite web | author = Massicot, P. | title = Animal Info - Sclater's Monkey | date =2005-10-21 | url = http://www.animalinfo.org/species/primate/cercscla.htm | accessdate = 2004-11-02]Sclater's Guenon was thought to be nearly extinct until the late 1980s. The species is now known to occur in several populations between the Niger and
Cross River s in southern Nigeria. This region falls in the Guinean Forests of theWest Africa biodiversity hotspot .Three populations of Sclater's Guenon are protected by local people who consider the monkeys to have sacred status. Mostly because of habitat fragmentation and loss and thus increasing population isolation, Sclater's Guenon is listed as an endangered species. It also does not occur in any formally protected area.
Sclater's Guenon is known to occur in captivity only at the [http://www.cercopan.org Centre for Education, Rehabilitation, and Conservation of Primates and Nature (CERCOPAN)] in Cross River State, Nigeria.
References
External links
*http://www.cercopan.org/Primates/Guenons/sclaters.htm
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