Dent's mona monkey

Weight

2.79 kg – 4.5 kgsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

24.1 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Herbivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

30.7 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Gestation

170 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

1src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

4.61 yearssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

0.5src for Litters or clutches a year

Active

By day (diurnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Arborealsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The dent's mona monkey is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderPrimates
5. familyCercopithecidae
6. genusCercopithecus
7. SpeciesCercopithecus denti Thomas, 1907

Synonyms Cercopithecus denti liebrechtsi, Cercopithecus pogonias denti

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

L

Lesula

Cercopithecus lomamiensis

CercopithecidaeNo free photo yet

EN, Endangered

Diana monkey

Cercopithecus diana

Cercopithecidae

LC, Least Concern

Blue monkey

Cercopithecus mitis

Cercopithecidae

LC, Least Concern

De Brazza's monkey

Cercopithecus neglectus

Cercopithecidae

NT, Near Threatened

Mona monkey

Cercopithecus mona

Cercopithecidae

LC, Least Concern

Red-tailed monkey

Cercopithecus ascanius

Cercopithecidae

CompareDent's mona monkey vs LesulaDent's mona monkey vs Diana monkeyDent's mona monkey vs Blue monkeyDent's mona monkey vs De Brazza's monkey

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@misc{dent_s_mona_monkey_2026,
  title = {Dent's mona monkey (Cercopithecus denti)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/dent-s-mona-monkey},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}