Allochrocebus

Allochrocebus is a primate genus including the terrestrial guenons:^[2] the L'Hoest's monkey,^[3] the Preuss's monkey,^[4] and the sun-tailed monkey.^[5]

Allochrocebus
L'Hoest's monkey
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	Cercopithecidae
Tribe:	Cercopithecini
Genus:	Allochrocebus Elliot, 1913
Type species
Cercopithecus lhoesti[1] Sclater, 1899
Species and subspecies[2]
Allochrocebus lhoesti (Sclater, 1899) Allochrocebus preussi (Matschie, 1898) Allochrocebus preussi insularis (Thomas, 1910) Allochrocebus preussi preussi (Matschie, 1898) Allochrocebus solatus (Harrison, 1988)

Taxonomy & systematics

Formerly included in genus Cercopithecus, the three species of terrestrial guenons are now included in genus Allochrocebus.^[6][7]

Genus Allochrocebus – Elliot, 1913 – three species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
L'Hoest's monkey	A. lhoesti (P. L. Sclater, 1899)	Central Africa	Size: 31–69 cm (12–27 in) long, plus 48–10 cm (19–4 in) tail[8] Habitat: Forest[9] Diet: Fruit, leaves, mushrooms, and invertebrates[8]	VU  Unknown [9]
Preuss's monkey	A. preussi (Matschie, 1898) Two subspecies A. p. insularis (Bioko Preuss's monkey) A. p. preussi (Cameroon Preuss's monkey)	West-central Africa	Size: 45–61 cm (18–24 in) long, plus 49–69 cm (19–27 in) tail[10] Habitat: Forest and grassland[11] Diet: Fruit, seeds, shoots, leaves, buds, flowers, and mushrooms[10]	EN  Unknown [11]
Sun-tailed monkey	A. solatus (M. J. S. Harrison, 1988)	West-central Africa	Size: 45–58 cm (18–23 in) long, plus 56–76 cm (22–30 in) tail[12] Habitat: Forest[13] Diet: Fruit, seeds, and invertebrates[12]	NT  Unknown [13]