Cercopithecus

C. campbelli

C. dryas^c

C. erythrogaster

C. erythrotis

C. hamlyni

C. mona

C. petaurista

C. preussi^c

C. sclateri

C. solatus^c

Campbell’s guenon

Dryas guenon

White-throated guenon

Red-eared guenon

Owl-faced monkey

Mona monkey

Lesser spot-nosed guenon

Preuss’s monkey

Sclater’s guenon

Sun-tailed guenon

Fruit (and seeds) 54.6-90%, animal prey 5.0-25%, leaves 6.0 -18.9%, flowers 3-6%, gums 1.9-2.8%, shoots, mushrooms, nectar; eat more leaves when fruit is scarce; raid crops; many species little studied

Diurnal, arboreal (C. campbelli most terrestrial of all the guenons); 1 male, multifemale; group size: C. campbelli, C. hamlyni, C. preussi., C. solatus 2-15; C. erythrogaster, C. erythrotis, C. mona, C. petaurista, C. sclateri 4-35; C. sclateri multimale/ multifemale

1.8-4.5 kg females, 2.4-7.0 kg males

Bourliere et al., 1970; Caldecott, 1986a; Colyn, 1994; Napier, 1981; Oates, 1985; Silva & Downing, 1995; Wolfheim, 1983

C. ascanius

C. cephus

C. mitis

C. neglectus

C. nicitans

C. pogonias

C. wolfi

Red-tailed guenon

Mustached guenon

Blue monkey

DeBrazza’s monkey

Putty-nosed or greater

spot-nosed guenon

Crowned guenon

Wolf’s guenon

Fruit 67% (5-100%) (seed only 8%); leaves 15% (0-96%); flowers 4% (0-51%); bark, pith, and other 2% (0-30%), fungi 2% (0-39%), invertebrates 14% (0-45%); C. mitis eat bamboo; C. pogonias eat more prey when food is scarce; C. mitis in southern Africa: fruit 21%; leaves 27%; cambium, pith, twigs 46%; fungi 6%; invertebrates less than 1%

Diurnal; arboreal; 1 male-multifemale groups. (C. neglectus; some monogamous pairs); group size: C. ascanius, C. cephus, C. neglectus: 5-35; C. mitis, C. nictitans: 7-70; C. pogonias, C. wolfi: 1-19 individuals

C. ascanius, C. cephus, C. pogonias, C. wolfi: 2.4-3.4 kg females, 3.2-4.8 kg males; C. mitis, C. neglectus, C. nictitans: 2.7-8 kg females, 4-9.99 kg males

Beeson, 1989; Butynski, 1982, 1990; Colyn, 1994; Conklin et al., 1998; Cords, 1986, 1987; Gautier-Hion, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1988a; Gautier-Hion & Gautier, 1974, 1978, 1979; Gautier-Hion et al., 1980; Kaplin & Moermond, 1998; Kaplin et al., 1998; Lawes, 1991; Lawes et al., 1990, Moreno-Black & Maples, 1977; Napier, 1981; Rudran, 1978; Schlichte, 1978; Silva & Downing, 1995; Struhsaker, 1978b, 1980; Tutin et al. 1997; Wahome et al., 1993; Wolfheim, 1983; Wrangham et al., 1993

C. diana

Diana monkey

Fruit 39%; leaves 10%; flowers and buds 12%; bark, pith, and so on 1%; fungi 10%; invertebrates 31%; some reports claim more fruit or leaf

Diurnal, arboreal, 1 male-multifemale, group size 5-50 individuals

4.3-7.1 kg

Oates & Whitesides, 1990; Ross, 1991; Silva & Downing, 1995; Wachter et al., 1997; Wolfheim, 1983

C. lhoesti

L’Hoest’s monkey

Fruit 42% (22-80%), leaves 19%, herbs 35% (because are terrestrial), flowers 4%, prey 9%

Diurnal, terrestrial, somewhat arboreal, 1 male-multifemale, group size 5-17 individuals

3-4 kg females, 6-7 kg males

Colyn, 1994; Kaplin & Moermond, 1998; Silva & Downing, 1995; Wolfheim, 1983

Chlorocebus

C. (Cercopithecus) aethiops

Vervet, grivet, green, or tantalus monkey

Fruit 46%; leaves 23% (more mature leaves than young); flowers and buds 10%; bark, twig, or pith 6%; fungi or gums 3%; grass 1%; prey 13%, raid crops; take handouts

Diurnal, terrestrial and arboreal; multimale/ multifemale, group size 5-76 individuals

1.5-5.23 kg females, 3.1-8 kg males

Butynski, 1982; Davies et al., 1983; Dunbar & Dunbar, 1974; Galat & Galat-Luong, 1977, 1978; Harrison, 1983, 1984; Kavanagh, 1978; Moreno-Black & Maple, 1977; Napier, 1981; Silva & Downing, 1995; Whitten, 1983, 1988; Wolfheim, 1983; Wrangham & Waterman, 1981

Erythrocebus

E. patas

Patas monkey

Fruit 20% (5-34%); leaves 17% (6-27%); flowers and buds 36% (7-65%); stems, shoots and pith 3%; sap and gum 10%; prey 16% (except Kenya: fruit and seeds 6%, leaves 3%, flowers 7%, gum 39%, prey 43%).

Diurnal, mostly terrestrial, 1 male-multifemale, group size 5-34 individuals

4.08-7.1 kg females, 7.48-12.6 kg males

Isbell, 1998; Koster, 1985; Nakagawa, 1989b; Napier, 1981; Olson & Chism, 1984; Silva & Downing, 1995

Lophocebus

L. (Cercocebus) albigena

L. aterrimus

Grey-cheeked mangabey

Black mangabey

Fruit 69% (21-91%), up to 32% of which was figs; leaves 7% (0-65%); flowers and buds 4% (0-35%); bark, pith, or stems 3% (0-22%); other plant parts 1% (0-33%); prey 17% (2-44%); raid crops

Diurnal, arboreal, occasionally come to ground to drink, multimale/ multifemale, group size 6-28 individuals

L. albigena: 5.4-6.4 kg females, 6.8-8.98 kg males; L. aterrimus: 13.0-18.0 kg females, 21.0 kg male

Conklin-Brittain et al., 1998; Davies et al., 1983; Freeland, 1979; Gautier-Hion, 1977, 1978, 1983; Gautier-Hion et al., 1980; Horn, 1987; Mitani, 1991; Napier, 1981; Olupot et al., 1997; Olupot, 1998; Silva & Downing, 1995; Struhsaker, 1978b; Tutin et al., 1997; Waser, 1975, 1977, 1984