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title: "Diana Monkey"
description: "Cercopithecus diana — Mamíferos. The Diana monkey (Cercopithecus diana) is an Old World monkey found in the high canopy forests in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and western Côte d'Ivoire Named for its white brow, which is said to resemble the bow of the Roman goddess Diana, this black-grey guenon has a white throat, crescent-shaped browband, ruff, and beard."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/diana-monkey
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Diana Monkey

> Cercopithecus diana — Mamíferos. The Diana monkey (Cercopithecus diana) is an Old World monkey found in the high canopy forests in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and western Côte d'Ivoire Named for its white brow, which is said to resemble the bow of the Roman goddess Diana, this black-grey guenon has a white throat, crescent-shaped browband, ruff, and beard.

- Scientific name: *Cercopithecus diana*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta), `jungle` (Selva)
- iNaturalist observations: 70
- Wikidata: [Q724362](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q724362)
- iNaturalist taxon: [566530](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/566530)

## Names

- en: Diana Monkey
- de: Diana-Meerkatze
- es: Cercopiteco diana
- fr: Cercopithèque diane
- nl: Dianameerkat
- pl: Koczkodan Diany

## Countries with the most observations

CI (21), SL (10)

## Summary

The Diana monkey (Cercopithecus diana) is an Old World monkey found in the high canopy forests in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and western Côte d'Ivoire Named for its white brow, which is said to resemble the bow of the Roman goddess Diana, this black-grey guenon has a white throat, crescent-shaped browband, ruff, and beard.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Justin Philbois · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/129257342

## Machine access

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