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SPECIES Cercopithecus mitis

Author:

Wolf, 1822.

Citation:

Abbild. Beschreib. Merkw. Naturgesch. Gegenstandes, 2: 145.

Common Name:

Blue Monkey

Type Locality:

Angola.

Distribution:

Congo-Oubangui River system (probably Itimbiri River) to East African Rift Valley, N Angola and NW Zambia.

Status:

CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as C. m. stuhlmanni and as C. mitis.

Comments:

C. mitis species group. Does not include albogularis; pace Booth (1968); see Dandelot (1974:19). Does not include doggetti or kandti (see Groves, 2001c).

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Offspring:

SUBSPECIES mitis

SUBSPECIES boutourlinii

SUBSPECIES elgonis

SUBSPECIES heymansi

SUBSPECIES opisthostictus

SUBSPECIES stuhlmanni

Synonyms:

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