Diana monkey

Weight

3.85 kg – 5.43 kgsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

34.9 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Herbivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

37.3 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Young per litter or clutch

1src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

5.37 yearssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

1src for Litters or clutches a year

Active

By day (diurnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Arborealsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The diana monkey is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

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

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderPrimates
5. familyCercopithecidae
6. genusCercopithecus
7. SpeciesCercopithecus diana (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Cercopithecus diana diana, Cercopithecus diana ignita, Simia diana, Simia faunus

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

L

Lesula

Cercopithecus lomamiensis

CercopithecidaeNo free photo yet

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

CR, Critically Endangered

Roloway monkey

Cercopithecus roloway

Cercopithecidae

CompareDiana monkey vs LesulaDiana monkey vs Blue monkeyDiana monkey vs De Brazza's monkeyDiana monkey vs Mona monkey

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@misc{diana_monkey_2026,
  title = {Diana monkey (Cercopithecus diana)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/diana-monkey},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}