Back Mona del Gabon Catalan Allochrocebus solatus CEB Sonnenschwanzmeerkatze German Kultahäntämarakatti Finnish Cercopithèque à queue de soleil French Napfarkú cerkóf Hungarian Allochrocebus solatus Italian 해꼬리원숭이 Korean Zonnestaartmeerkat Dutch Nihookááʼ magí bitseeʼ łitsxooígíí NV
| Sun-tailed monkey[1] | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Cercopithecidae |
| Genus: | Allochrocebus |
| Species: | A. solatus
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| Allochrocebus solatus M. J. S. Harrison, 1988
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The sun-tailed monkey (Allochrocebus solatus) from Gabon is one of the least studied primates in its habitat.[3] It was discovered as a new species in 1988, and is classified as a guenon, which is a member of the genus Cercopithecus, but was subsequently moved to the genus Allochrocebus.[1][4][5] It is closely related to A. preussi and A. Ihoesti, which has been determined by chromosomal analysis.[6] Sun-tailed monkeys prefer shady areas with dense vegetation. However, even after small amounts of logging activity, populations can be unaffected. Much of their diet remains unknown and is still being studied, but they are known to prefer fruit. Their social groups are made up of one male and multiple females.[2] Generally, the sun-tailed monkey is less aggressive towards related individuals, which is noteworthy because it has been found that, in other primate species, aggression rates towards related individuals are generally as high or higher than aggression rates towards non-related individuals. Within their social groups, individual monkeys show preference for their mothers over their fathers, and are overall less aggressive to other monkeys that they are associated with spatially.[7]
- ^ a b Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 158. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ a b c Abernethy, K.; Maisels, F.; Coad, L. (2019). "Allochrocebus solatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T4230A92346555. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T4230A92346555.en.
- ^ Motch, Peggy; Gonzalez, Jean-Paul; Verrier, Delphine (23 January 2012). "Clinical Biochemistry and Hematology of the Elusive Sun-Tailed Monkey(Cercopithecus solatus) in Gabon: Inaugural Data From the Only SemifreeRanging Colony in the World". American Journal of Primatology. 74 (3): 236–246. doi:10.1002/ajp.21993. PMID 24006542. S2CID 38902964.
- ^ "Allochrocebus". ITIS. Retrieved 2019-07-18.
- ^ "Allochrocebus". Mammal Diversity Database. Retrieved 2019-07-18.
- ^ Harrison, Michael J. S. (1988-07-01). "A new species of guenon (genusCercopithecus) from Gabon". Journal of Zoology. 215 (3): 561–575. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1988.tb02860.x. ISSN 1469-7998.
- ^ Charpentier, Marie J. E.; Deubel, Delphine; Peignot, Patricia (2008-04-01). "Relatedness and Social Behaviors in Cercopithecus solatus". International Journal of Primatology. 29 (2): 487–495. doi:10.1007/s10764-008-9246-9. ISSN 0164-0291. S2CID 23828008.