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:
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]

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Subspecies

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

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References

Sykes' Monkey from Mount Kenya Sykes' Monkey, Kenya Mountain Lodge.jpg
Sykes' Monkey from Mount Kenya
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