Roloway monkey
Cercopithecus roloway (Schreber, 1774)
CRCritically Endangeredprimates
The roloway monkey (Cercopithecus roloway) is a species in the family Cercopithecidae, order Primates. Recorded adults weigh 3.85 kg to 5.5 kg and live up to 34.8 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Critically Endangered.
Quick facts about the roloway monkey
- Weight
- 3.85 kg – 5.5 kgsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- 34.8 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
- Critically Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the roloway monkey live?
Not recorded
What is the roloway monkey?
The Roloway monkey (Cercopithecus roloway) is an endangered species of Old World monkey endemic to tropical West Africa. It was previously considered a subspecies of the Diana monkey (C. diana). The species is classified as critically endangered due to habitat loss and their continued hunting because of the bushmeat trade. The Roloway monkey is mainly an arboreal species, for the most part inhabiting forests in Ghana and some reserves in south-eastern Côte-D'Ivoire. More specifically, C. roloway is primarily concentrated in the Tanoé Forest of the Côte-D'Ivoire because of their heavy threats to extinction and lack of habitat. Gathering data on wild subjects is still difficult, as they have low and vanishing populations in a vast forest, but they are a unique species.
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Is the roloway monkey endangered?
The roloway monkey is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Critically Endangered species.
How is the roloway monkey classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classMammalia
- orderPrimates
- familyCercopithecidae
- genusCercopithecus
- SpeciesCercopithecus roloway (Schreber, 1774)
Synonyms Cercopithecus diana roloway, Cercopithecus palatinus, Simia roloway
Other names and names in other languages (16)
- Roloway guenonEnglish
- Roloway guenonEnglish
- سعدان رولوايArabic
- غينون رولوايArabic
- kočkodan RolowayůvCzech
- Roloway-MeerkatzeGerman
- Cercopiteco RolowaySpanish
- Cercopiteco de Costa de Marfil y GhanaSpanish
- PalatineFrench
- Cercopithèque de RolowayFrench
- Cercopithèque rolowayFrench
- Diane rolowayFrench
- ロロウェイモンキーJapanese
- RolowaymeerkatDutch
- koczkodan mnisiPolish
- guenon-de-RolowayPortuguese
Relatives of the roloway monkey
Other species in the same genus Cercopithecus.
Lesula
Cercopithecus lomamiensis
Diana monkey
Cercopithecus diana
Blue monkey
Cercopithecus mitis
De Brazza's monkey
Cercopithecus neglectus
Mona monkey
Cercopithecus mona
Red-tailed monkey
Cercopithecus ascanius
CompareRoloway monkey vs LesulaRoloway monkey vs Diana monkeyRoloway monkey vs Blue monkeyRoloway monkey vs De Brazza's monkey
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the roloway monkey?
An adult roloway monkey weighs 3.85 kg – 5.5 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the roloway monkey endangered?
The roloway monkey is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.
How long does the roloway monkey live?
The roloway monkey has a recorded lifespan of 34.8 years.
What kind of animal is the roloway monkey?
The roloway monkey (Cercopithecus roloway) belongs to the family Cercopithecidae in the order Primates.
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