Blue Monkey
Field guide
mammal ·

Blue Monkey

Cercopithecus mitis

Overview

iSimangaliso Wetland Park, Kilimanjaro National Park and Nairobi National Park are among thirteen atlas places where the Blue Monkey is recorded. Its records concentrate in Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Uganda and Malawi. The atlas holds 2,927 open records of this mammal from ten countries. Known to science as Cercopithecus mitis, the Blue Monkey has records across its entire range rather than just in a concentrated area.

Records
2,927
Countries
10
Atlas places
13
Recorded in and around these atlas places

These are open occurrence records, so they show where people looked for and recorded the Blue Monkey as much as where it lives. Cells are up to 25 km across, and every location is generalised to its cell.

Where you'll find them

Generalised encounter areas, not exact locations. Each shape is a grid cell coloured by how likely the species is there.

  • Kenya
    25 km zone · high confidence · 2848 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Tanzania
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 29 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • South Africa
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 21 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Uganda
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 17 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Malawi
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 9 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Rwanda
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 3 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Angola
    25 km zone · low confidence · 0 records · updated 40 days ago
    Possible
  • Mozambique
    25 km zone · low confidence · 0 records · updated 40 days ago
    Possible
  • Congo - Kinshasa
    25 km zone · low confidence · 0 records · updated 40 days ago
    Uncommon
  • Zimbabwe
    25 km zone · low confidence · 0 records · updated 40 days ago
    Uncommon

Conservation status not assessed here yet, so every location is generalised to its grid cell.

Photographs
1 of Blue Monkey