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Dryas monkey

Chlorocebus dryas (Schwarz, 1932)

ENEndangeredprimates

The dryas monkey (Chlorocebus dryas) is a species in the family Cercopithecidae, order Primates. Recorded adults weigh 3.08 kg to 5.43 kg and live up to 34.9 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Endangered.

Dryas monkey (Chlorocebus dryas)
Photo: Daniel Alempijevic, John A. Hart, Terese B. Hart and Kate M. Detwiler · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the dryas monkey

Weight
3.08 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
1.01src 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

Where does the dryas monkey live?

Not recorded

What is the dryas monkey?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Dryas monkey (Chlorocebus dryas), also known as Salonga monkey, ekele, or inoko, is a little-known species of Old World monkey found only in the Congo Basin, restricted to the left bank of the Congo River. It is now established that the animals that had been classified as Cercopithecus salongo (the common name being Zaire Diana monkey) were in fact Dryas monkeys. Some older sources treat the Dryas monkey as a subspecies of the Diana monkey and classify it as C. diana dryas, but it is geographically isolated from any known Diana monkey population.

While the Dryas monkey had been considered data deficient, evidence suggests it is very rare and its total population possibly numbers fewer than 200 individuals. Consequently, its status was changed to critically endangered in the 2008 IUCN Red List. Along with being listed by the IUCN, this species is also listed on Appendix II of CITES. However, in January 2019 the IUCN status was changed to endangered following the discovery of this species at eight locations in Lomami National Park.

From the Wikipedia article “Dryas monkey” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dryas_monkey&oldid=1382833103), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the dryas monkey endangered?

The dryas 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

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

How is the dryas monkey classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderPrimates
  5. familyCercopithecidae
  6. genusChlorocebus
  7. SpeciesChlorocebus dryas (Schwarz, 1932)

Synonyms Cercopithecus dryas, Cercopithecus salongo

Other names and names in other languages (18)
  • Dryad monkeyEnglish
  • Dryas guenonEnglish
  • Salonga guenonEnglish
  • سعدان درياسArabic
  • غينون درياسArabic
  • kočkodan dryasCzech
  • DryasmeerkatzeGerman
  • Dryas-MeerkatzeGerman
  • Mono DryasSpanish
  • Cercopiteco dryasSpanish
  • mustanaamamarakattiFinnish
  • Cercopithèque dryasFrench
  • ドリアスモンキーJapanese
  • DryasmarekattNorwegian Bokmål
  • DryasmeerkatDutch
  • Koczkodan leśnyPolish
  • Мартышка дриасRussian
  • DryasmarkattaSwedish

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the dryas monkey

Other species in the same genus Chlorocebus.

LC, Least Concern
Grivet (Chlorocebus aethiops)

Grivet

Chlorocebus aethiops

Cercopithecidae

LC, Least Concern
Vervet monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus)

Vervet monkey

Chlorocebus pygerythrus

Cercopithecidae

LC, Least Concern
Green monkey (Chlorocebus sabaeus)

Green monkey

Chlorocebus sabaeus

Cercopithecidae

LC, Least Concern
Malbrouck (Chlorocebus cynosuros)

Malbrouck

Chlorocebus cynosuros

Cercopithecidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the dryas monkey?

An adult dryas monkey weighs 3.08 kg – 5.43 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the dryas monkey endangered?

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

How long does the dryas monkey live?

The dryas monkey has a recorded lifespan of 34.9 years.

What kind of animal is the dryas monkey?

The dryas monkey (Chlorocebus dryas) belongs to the family Cercopithecidae in the order Primates.

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BibTeX
@misc{dryas_monkey_2026,
  title = {Dryas monkey (Chlorocebus dryas)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/dryas-monkey},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}