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title: "Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey"
description: "Cercopithecus petaurista — Ssaki. The lesser spot-nosed monkey (Cercopithecus petaurista), also known as the lesser spot-nosed guenon, lesser white-nosed guenon, or lesser white-nosed monkey, is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/lesser-spot-nosed-monkey
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey

> Cercopithecus petaurista — Ssaki. The lesser spot-nosed monkey (Cercopithecus petaurista), also known as the lesser spot-nosed guenon, lesser white-nosed guenon, or lesser white-nosed monkey, is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae.

- Scientific name: *Cercopithecus petaurista*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las), `jungle` (Dżungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 144
- Wikidata: [Q591207](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q591207)
- iNaturalist taxon: [43488](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43488)

## Names

- en: Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey
- de: Kleine Weißnasenmeerkatze
- es: Cercopiteco menor
- fr: Cercopithèque blanc-nez
- nl: Kleine witneusmeerkat

## Countries with the most observations

GH (71), CI (20), SL (7), LR (4)

## Summary

The lesser spot-nosed monkey (Cercopithecus petaurista), also known as the lesser spot-nosed guenon, lesser white-nosed guenon, or lesser white-nosed monkey, is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Togo, Guinea-Bissau, and possibly Senegal.

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

## Photo

![Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/lesser-spot-nosed-monkey/medium.jpg)

Photo: Richard Fuller · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/262458549

## Machine access

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