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title: "Blue Monkey"
description: "Cercopithecus mitis — Mammals. The blue monkey or diademed monkey is a species of Old World monkey native to Central and East Africa, ranging from the upper Congo River basin east to the East African Rift and south to northern Angola and Zambia and populations further south down to South Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/blue-monkey
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Blue Monkey

> Cercopithecus mitis — Mammals. The blue monkey or diademed monkey is a species of Old World monkey native to Central and East Africa, ranging from the upper Congo River basin east to the East African Rift and south to northern Angola and Zambia and populations further south down to South Africa.

- Scientific name: *Cercopithecus mitis*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 5005
- Wikidata: [Q667252](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q667252)
- iNaturalist taxon: [43486](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43486)

## Names

- en: Blue Monkey
- de: Diademmeerkatze
- es: Cercopiteco de diadema
- fr: Cercopithèque à diadème
- nl: Diadeemmeerkat
- pl: Koczkodan czarnosiwy

## Countries with the most observations

KE (1790), TZ (1381), ZA (656), UG (304), RW (261), MZ (78), MW (68), ZW (68), AO (56), CD (27), ZM (25), ET (6)

## Summary

The blue monkey or diademed monkey is a species of Old World monkey native to Central and East Africa, ranging from the upper Congo River basin east to the East African Rift and south to northern Angola and Zambia and populations further south down to South Africa. The taxonomy of this species has been disputed and Sykes' monkey, the silver monkey and the golden monkey are often regarded as subspecies.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_monkey

## Photo

![Blue Monkey](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/blue-monkey/medium.jpg)

Photo: Tanja Milotić · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/15636843

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/blue-monkey?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).