Editing Sun-tailed monkey (section)

{{Short description|Species of Old World monkey}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Sun-tailed monkey<ref name=msw3>{{MSW3 Groves|pages=158|id=12100500}}</ref>
| image = Solatus.JPG
| status = NT
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{Cite journal | last1=Abernethy| first1= K.| last2= Maisels| first2= F.| last3= Coad| first3= L.| year= 2019| title= Allochrocebus solatus| journal= The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species| volume= 2019| page= e.T4230A92346555| doi= 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T4230A92346555.en| doi-access= free}}</ref>
| genus = Allochrocebus 
| species = solatus
| authority = [[Michael J. S. Harrison|M. J. S. Harrison]], 1988
| range_map = Cercopithecus solatus distribution.svg
| range_map_caption = Geographic range
| synonyms = *''Cercopithecus solatus'' <br>{{small|M. J. S. Harrison, 1988}}
*''Allochrocebus solatus'' <br>{{small|— [[Russell Mittermeier|Mittermeier]], [[Anthony B. Rylands|Rylands]] & [[Don E. Wilson|Wilson]], 2013}}
| synonyms_ref = <ref name=iucn/>
}}

The '''sun-tailed monkey''' ('''''Allochrocebus solatus''''') from Gabon is one of the least studied primates in its habitat.<ref name=":0">{{cite journal|last1=Motch|first1=Peggy|last2=Gonzalez|first2=Jean-Paul|last3=Verrier|first3=Delphine|title=Clinical Biochemistry and Hematology of the Elusive Sun-Tailed Monkey(Cercopithecus solatus) in Gabon: Inaugural Data From the Only SemifreeRanging Colony in the World|journal=American Journal of Primatology|date=23 January 2012|volume=74|issue=3|pages=236–246|doi=10.1002/ajp.21993|pmid=24006542|s2cid=38902964 }}</ref> It was discovered as a new species in 1988, and is classified as a guenon, which is a member of the genus ''Cercopithecus'', but was subsequently moved to the genus ''Allochrocebus''.<ref name=msw3/><ref>{{cite web|title=Allochrocebus|url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt|accessdate=2019-07-18|publisher=ITIS}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Allochrocebus|publisher=Mammal Diversity Database|accessdate=2019-07-18|url=https://mammaldiversity.org/#YWxsb2Nocm9jZWJ1cysmZ2xvYmFsX3NlYXJjaD10cnVlJmxvb3NlPXRydWU}}</ref> It is closely related to ''A. preussi'' and ''A. Ihoesti'', which has been determined by chromosomal analysis.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Harrison|first=Michael J. S.|date=1988-07-01|title=A new species of guenon (genusCercopithecus) from Gabon|journal=Journal of Zoology|language=en|volume=215|issue=3|pages=561–575|doi=10.1111/j.1469-7998.1988.tb02860.x|issn=1469-7998}}</ref> Sun-tailed monkeys prefer shady areas with dense vegetation. However, even after small amounts of logging activity, populations can be unaffected. Much of their diet remains unknown and is still being studied, but they are known to prefer fruit. Their social groups are made up of one male and multiple females.<ref name="iucn" /> Generally, the sun-tailed monkey is less aggressive towards related individuals, which is noteworthy because it has been found that, in other primate species, aggression rates towards related individuals are generally as high or higher than aggression rates towards non-related individuals. Within their social groups, individual monkeys show preference for their mothers over their fathers, and are overall less aggressive to other monkeys that they are associated with spatially.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Charpentier|first1=Marie J. E.|last2=Deubel|first2=Delphine|last3=Peignot|first3=Patricia|date=2008-04-01|title=Relatedness and Social Behaviors in Cercopithecus solatus|journal=International Journal of Primatology|language=en|volume=29|issue=2|pages=487–495|doi=10.1007/s10764-008-9246-9|s2cid=23828008 |issn=0164-0291}}</ref>