Allenopithecus nigroviridis

– Lower Risk Near Threatened

Taxonomy

Kingdom:

ANIMALIA

Phylum:

CHORDATA

Class:

MAMMALIA

Order:

PRIMATES

Family:

CERCOPITHECIDAE

Scientific Name:

Allenopithecus nigroviridis

Species Authority:

(Pocock, 1907)

Common Name/s:

English	—	ALLEN'S SWAMP MONKEY
French	—	CERCOPITHÈQUE DE ALLEN

Taxonomic Notes:

Generic synonym = Cercopithecus.

Assessment Information

Red List Category & Criteria:

LR/nt ver 2.3 (1994)

Year Assessed:

1996

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Primate Specialist Group

History:

1986	-	Insufficiently Known (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)
1988	-	Insufficiently Known (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1988	-	Insufficiently Known (Lee et al. 1988)
1990	-	Insufficiently Known (IUCN 1990)
1994	-	Insufficiently Known (Groombridge 1994)

Geographic Range

Countries:

Native:

Cameroon; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the

Uncertain presence and origin:

Angola

Population

Population Trend:

Habitat and Ecology

Habitat and Ecology:

This species inhabits swamp forest and riverine habitat.

System:

Terrestrial

List of Habitats:

1.5	Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
1.8	Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Swamp

Threats

List of Threats:

1	Habitat Loss/Degradation (human induced) (ongoing)
3	Harvesting (hunting/gathering) (ongoing)

Bibliography

Bibliography:

Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1986. 1986 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1988. 1988 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Lee, P.C., Thornback, J. and Bennett, E.L. 1988. Threatened Primates of Africa. The IUCN Red Data Book. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Citation:	Primate Specialist Group 1996. Allenopithecus nigroviridis. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 29 August 2008.
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