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Red-tailed monkey^[1]

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Family:	Cercopithecidae
Genus:	Cercopithecus
Species:	C. ascanius
Binomial name
*Cercopithecus ascanius* (Audebert, 1799)

Geographic range

The red-tailed monkey, black-cheeked white-nosed monkey, red-tailed guenon, redtail monkey, or Schmidt's guenon (Cercopithecus ascanius) is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and possibly Burundi. The red-tailed monkey is usually black, red, or orange.

References

^ Groves, C. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. eds. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 154-155. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=12100448.
^ Oates, J. F., Hart, J., Groves, C. P. & Butynski, T. M. (2008). Cercopithecus ascanius. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 January 2009.

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Extant species of family Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys) (subfamily Cercopithecinae)

Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Primates · Suborder: Haplorrhini

Cercopithecini

Allenopithecus	Allen's swamp monkey (A. nigroviridis)

Miopithecus (Talapoins)	Angolan talapoin (M. talapoin) · Gabon talapoin (M. ogouensis)

Erythrocebus	Patas monkey (E. patas)

Chlorocebus (Vervet monkeys)	Green monkey (C. sabaeus) · Grivet (C. aethiops) · Bale Mountains vervet (C. djamdjamensis) · Tantalus monkey (C. tantalus) · Vervet monkey (C. pygerythrus) · Malbrouck (C. cynosuros)

Cercopithecus (Guenons)	Dryas monkey (C. dryas) · Diana monkey (C. diana) · Roloway monkey (C. roloway) · Greater spot-nosed monkey (C. nictitans) · Blue monkey (C. mitis) · Silver monkey (C. doggetti) · Golden monkey (C. kandti) · Sykes' monkey (C. albogularis) · Mona monkey (C. mona) · Campbell's mona monkey (C. campbelli) · Lowe's mona monkey (C. lowei) · Crested mona monkey (C. pogonias) · Wolf's mona monkey (C. wolfi) · Dent's mona monkey (C. denti) · Lesser spot-nosed monkey (C. petaurista) · White-throated guenon (C. erythrogaster) · Sclater's guenon (C. sclateri) · Red-eared guenon (C. erythrotis) · Moustached guenon (C. cephus) · *Red-tailed monkey (C. ascanius)* · L'Hoest's monkey (C. lhoesti) · Preuss's monkey (C. preussi) · Sun-tailed monkey (C. solatus) · Hamlyn's monkey (C. hamlyni) · De Brazza's monkey (C. neglectus)

Papionini

Macaca (Macaques)	Barbary macaque (M. sylvanus) · Lion-tailed macaque (M. silenus) · Southern pig-tailed macaque (M. nemestrina) · Northern pig-tailed macaque (M. leonina) · Pagai Island macaque (M. pagensis) · Siberut macaque (M. siberu) · Moor macaque (M. maura) · Booted macaque (M. ochreata) · Tonkean macaque (M. tonkeana) · Heck's macaque (M. hecki) · Gorontalo macaque (M. nigrescens) · Celebes crested macaque (M. nigra) · Crab-eating macaque (M. fascicularis) · Stump-tailed macaque (M. arctoides) · Rhesus macaque (M. mulatta) · Formosan rock macaque (M. cyclopis) · Japanese macaque (M. fuscata) · Toque macaque (M. sinica) · Bonnet macaque (M. radiata) · Assam macaque (M. assamensis) · Tibetan macaque (M. thibetana) · Arunachal macaque (M. munzala)

Lophocebus (Crested mangabeys)	Grey-cheeked mangabey (L. albigena) · Black crested mangabey (L. aterrimus) · Opdenbosch's mangabey (L. opdenboschi) · Uganda mangabey (L. ugandae) · Johnston's mangabey (L. johnstoni) · Osman Hill's mangabey (L. osmani)

Rungwecebus	Kipunji (R. kipunji)

Papio (Baboons)	Olive baboon (P. anubis) · Yellow baboon (P. cynocephalus) · Hamadryas baboon (P. hamadryas) · Guinea baboon (P. papio) · Chacma baboon (P. ursinus)

Theropithecus	Gelada (T. gelada)

Cercocebus (White-eyelid mangabeys)	Sooty mangabey (C. atys) · Collared mangabey (C. torquatus) · Agile mangabey (C. agilis) · Golden-bellied mangabey (C. chrysogaster) · Tana River mangabey (C. galeritus) · Sanje mangabey (C. sanjei)

Mandrillus	Mandrill (M. sphinx) · Drill (M. leucophaeus)

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