Silver monkey
Silver monkey[1] | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Cercopithecidae |
Genus: | Cercopithecus |
Species: | C. doggetti
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Binomial name | |
Cercopithecus doggetti Pocock, 1907
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Synonyms | |
sibatoi (Lorenz, 1913) |
The silver monkey (Cercopithecus doggetti) is a species of Old World monkey found primarily in East Africa. Its range includes Burundi, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1] The silver monkey was previously considered a subspecies of the blue monkey (Cercopithecus mitis).[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 155. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Kingdon, J. & Butynski, T. M. (2008). "Cercopithecus mitis ssp. doggetti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Primates of Africa
- Guenons
- Mammals described in 1907
- Mammals of Burundi
- Mammals of Tanzania
- Mammals of Rwanda
- Mammals of Uganda
- Mammals of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Old World monkey stubs