Erythrocebus

Erythrocebus is a genus of Old World monkey. Both species in this genus are found in Africa, and are known as patas monkeys.[1][2] While formerly considered a monotypic genus, a recent review has argued that some of the northeast African populations are a distinct species, E. poliophaeus (Blue Nile patas monkey), proposing in addition that the subspecies E. p. pyrrhonotus be elevated to full specific status, along with the formerly recognised subspecies E. p. baumstarki for the population in Tanzania.[3][4]

Erythrocebus
E. patas
Scientific classification
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
Species

References
  1. "Primate Factsheets: Patas monkey (Erythrocebus patas) Taxonomy, Morphology, & Ecology". pin.primate.wisc.edu. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
  2. "Erythrocebus patas (Patas Monkey)". www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
  3. "Primatologist Finds Second Species of Mustache-Rocking Patas Monkey in Ethiopia". Global Wildlife Conservation. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
  4. 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.


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