Sykes' monkey

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Sykes' monkey [1]
Samango monkey (Cercopithecus mitis erythrarchus) Mount Sheba.jpg
Cercopithecus mitis erythrarchus, Mount Sheba, South Africa
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Cercopithecus
Species:
C. mitis
Subspecies:
C. m. albogularis
Trinomial name
Cercopithecus mitis albogularis
(Sykes, 1831)

Sykes' monkey (Cercopithecus mitis albogularis), also known as the white-throated monkey or Samango monkey, is a subspecies of the blue monkey. [2] It is an Old World monkey found between Ethiopia and South Africa, including south and east Democratic Republic of Congo. It is named after English naturalist Colonel William Henry Sykes (1790-1872), and has a large white patch on the throat and upper chest, and a grizzled (not blackish) cap. [3]

Subspecies

Sykes' monkey was previous considered a species on its own. [1] When it was, it had 12 subspecies: [1]

References

Sykes' Monkey from Mount Kenya Sykes' Monkey, Kenya Mountain Lodge.jpg
Sykes' Monkey from Mount Kenya
  1. 1 2 3 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. 154. ISBN   0-801-88221-4. OCLC   62265494.
  2. 1 2 Butynski, T.M.; De Jong, Y.A. (2022) [amended version of 2019 assessment]. "Cercopithecus mitis ssp. albogularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022: e.T40645A210337748. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T40645A210337748.en . Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  3. ↑ Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon Guide to African Mammals. Academic Press Limited, London. ISBN   0-12-408355-2
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