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--> SUPERFAMILY Cercopithecoidea
--> FAMILY Cercopithecidae
--> SUBFAMILY Cercopithecinae
--> GENUS Erythrocebus
SPECIES Erythrocebus patas
| Author: | Schreber, 1775. | | Citation: | Die Säugethiere, 1: 98. | | Common Name: | Patas Monkey | | Type Locality: | Senegal. | | Distribution: | Savannahs, from W Africa to Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania. | | Status: | CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Subspecies may exist, but at least some of the features supposed to characterize them were based on changes to the female’s facial pattern during pregnancy (Groves, 2001c). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
albigenus Elliot, 1909
albo-fasciatus (Kerr, 1792)
albosignatus (Matschie, 1912)
baumstarki Matschie, 1905
circumcinctus (Reichenbach, 1863)
formosus Elliot, 1909
kerstingi (Matschie, 1906)
langheldi Matschie, 1905
nigro-fasciatus (Kerr, 1792)
poliomystax (Matschie, 1912)
poliophaeus (Heuglin, 1877)
pyrrhonotus (Hemprich and Ehrenberg, 1829)
rubra (Gmelin, 1788)
rufa (Wagner, 1839)
sannio (Thomas, 1906)
villiersi Dekeyser, 1950
whitei Hollister, 1910
zechi Matschie, 1905
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