Erythrocebus
| Erythrocebus | |
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| E. patas | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Cercopithecidae |
| Subfamily: | Cercopithecinae |
| Tribe: | Cercopithecini |
| Genus: | Erythrocebus Trouessart, 1897 |
| Type species | |
| Erythrocebus patas Schreber, 1775
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| Species | |
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Erythrocebus is a genus of Old World monkey. All three species in this genus are found in Africa, and are known as patas monkeys.[1][2] While previously considered a monotypic genus containing just E. patas, a 2017 review argued that, based on morphological evidence and heavy geographic separation between taxa, E. patas should be split back into distinct species as recognised in the 19th century. [3]
There are three species recognized:[3][4][5]
- Southern patas monkey (Erythrocebus baumstarki)
- Common patas monkey (Erythrocebus patas)
- Blue Nile patas monkey (Erythrocebus poliophaeus)
References[]
- ^ "Primate Factsheets: Patas monkey (Erythrocebus patas) Taxonomy, Morphology, & Ecology". pin.primate.wisc.edu. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
- ^ de Jong, Y.A.; Rylands, A.B.; Butynski, T.M. (2020). "Erythrocebus patas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T174391079A17940998. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T174391079A17940998.en. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ a b Gippoliti, Spartaco (2017). "On the Taxonomy of Erythrocebus with a Re-evaluation of Erythrocebus poliophaeus (Reichenbach, 1862) from the Blue Nile Region of Sudan and Ethiopia" (PDF). Primate Conservation. 31: 53–59. ISSN 2162-4232. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- ^ "ITIS - Report: Erythrocebus". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
- ^ Database, Mammal Diversity (2021-11-06), Mammal Diversity Database, Zenodo, retrieved 2021-11-12
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