Silver monkey

This article is about the monkey subspecies. For the DC Comics character, see Silver Monkey (comics).

Silver monkey [1]
Silver monkey perched in a tree
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	Cercopithecidae
Genus:	Cercopithecus
Species:	C. mitis
Subspecies:	C. m. doggetti
Trinomial name
Cercopithecus mitis doggetti Pocock, 1907
Synonyms
sibatoi(Lorenz, 1913)

The silver monkey (Cercopithecus mitis doggetti) is a subspecies of the blue monkey (Cercopithecus mitis). ^[2] It is an Old World monkey found primarily in East Africa. Its range includes Burundi, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ^[1] It was previously listed as a full species. ^[1] The subspecies name commemorates the naturalist and collector Walter Grimwood Doggett.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. 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.
2. Butynski, T.M.; De Jong, Y.A. (2022) [errata version of 2022 assessment]. "Cercopithecus mitis ssp. doggetti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022 e.T136861A210363846. Retrieved 16 August 2023.