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mammal · Primates · Cercopithecidae

Blue Monkey

Cercopithecus mitis Wolf, 1822 — also called Diademed Guenon, Diademed Monkey, Elgon Blue Monkey (elgonis). Occurrence records of the Blue Monkey are shared on GBIF from around 19 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all iSimangaliso Wetland Park (230 records), in 2 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernCercopithecidae
19reserves with records
432records around them
2provinces
LCIUCN category
Blue Monkey (Cercopithecus mitis)
Photo: Pedro Gonnet · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

ReserveProvinceRecords
iSimangaliso Wetland ParkProtected areaKZN KwaZulu-Natal230
Turtle Beaches / Coral Reefs of TongalandMarine protected areaKZN KwaZulu-Natal38
Sodwana Bay National ParkNational parkKZN KwaZulu-Natal33
Saint Lucia ParkNature reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal24
Oribi GorgeProtected areaKZN KwaZulu-Natal22
St. Lucia SystemProtected areaKZN KwaZulu-Natal15
Impeleshu Forest ReserveNature reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal11
Kosi BayNature reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal10
Woodbush Forest ReserveNature reserveLP Limpopo10
Corridor Game ReserveGame reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal8
St. Lucia Marine ReserveMarine protected areaKZN KwaZulu-Natal8
Eastern Shores State ForestForest reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal5
Lekgalameetse Provincial ParkWildlife sanctuaryLP Limpopo4
St. Lucia Game ParkNature reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal3
Coastal Forest ReserveForest reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal3
Midmar Nature ReserveNature reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal2
Umgeni Valley Nature ReserveNature reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal2
WESSA uMngeni Valley Nature Reserve & Education CentreWildlife sanctuaryKZN KwaZulu-Natal2
Howick Umngeni River ConservancyPrivate game reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal2

By province

KwaZulu-Natal
17 reserves
Limpopo
2 reserves

Taxonomy

Class
Mammalia
Scientific name
Cercopithecus mitis
GBIF taxon
5219578
Wikidata
Q667252

More of the Cercopithecidae family

Vervet MonkeyChacma Baboon

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.