Silver monkey [1] | |
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Silver monkey perched in a tree | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Cercopithecidae |
Genus: | Cercopithecus |
Species: | |
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 ]