''Allochrocebus'' is a primate genus including the terrestrial guenons: the

L'Hoest's monkey L'Hoest's monkey (''Allochrocebus lhoesti'') or mountain monkey, is a guenon found in the upper eastern Congo basin. They mostly live in mountainous forest areas in small, female-dominated groups. They have a dark coat and can be distinguishe ...

, the

Preuss's monkey The Preuss's monkey (''Allochrocebus preussi''), also known as Preuss's guenon, is a diurnal primate that lives terrestrially in mountainous (up to 2500 m) forests of eastern Nigeria, western Cameroon and Bioko in Equatorial Guinea. It was fo ...

, and the

sun-tailed monkey The sun-tailed monkey (''Allochrocebus solatus'') from Gabon is one of the least studied primates in its habitat. 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 ...

Taxonomy & systematics

Formerly included in genus ''

Cercopithecus The guenons (, ) are Old World monkeys of the genus ''Cercopithecus'' (). Not all members of this genus have the word "guenon" in their common names; also, because of changes in scientific classification, some monkeys in other genera may have co ...

'', the three species of terrestrial guenons are now included in genus ''Allochrocebus''.Mittermeier, Russell A., Anthony B. Rylands & Don E. Wilson: Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 3. Primates, Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, 2013

References

Primate genera Taxa named by Daniel Giraud Elliot Terrestrial guenons Taxa described in 1913 {{oldworld-monkey-stub