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title: "Putty-nosed Monkey"
description: "Cercopithecus nictitans — Mammiferi. The greater spot-nosed monkey or putty-nosed monkey (Cercopithecus nictitans) is one of the smallest Old World monkeys."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/putty-nosed-monkey
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Putty-nosed Monkey

> Cercopithecus nictitans — Mammiferi. The greater spot-nosed monkey or putty-nosed monkey (Cercopithecus nictitans) is one of the smallest Old World monkeys.

- Scientific name: *Cercopithecus nictitans*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 253
- Wikidata: [Q1193818](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1193818)
- iNaturalist taxon: [43485](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43485)

## Names

- en: Putty-nosed Monkey
- de: Große Weißnasenmeerkatze
- es: Mono de nariz blanca
- fr: Cercopithèque hocheur
- nl: Grote witneusmeerkat

## Countries with the most observations

GA (96), CF (44), CG (43), CM (22), GQ (4), NG (4)

## Summary

The greater spot-nosed monkey or putty-nosed monkey (Cercopithecus nictitans) is one of the smallest Old World monkeys. It is a guenon of the C. mitis group, native to West Africa and living to some extent in rain forests, but more often in the transition zone between rain forest and savannah. It is primarily arboreal and often associates with monkeys of other species. Both their common names come from the monkeys' prominent white nose.
The greater spot-nosed monkey lives in groups consisting of one adult male, a number of adult females, and their dependent offspring. Little recent research has been conducted into…

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

## Photo

![Putty-nosed Monkey](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/putty-nosed-monkey/medium.jpg)

Photo: Joseph Wolf · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CercopithecusWolf.jpg

## Machine access

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