Erythrocebus

Erythrocebus
E. patas
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Cercopithecidae
Subfamily: Cercopithecinae
Tribe: Cercopithecini
Genus: Erythrocebus
Trouessart, 1897
Type species
Simia patas
Schreber, 1775
Species

Erythrocebus is a genus of Old World monkey. All three species in this genus are found in Africa, and are known as patas monkeys. While previously considered a monotypic genus containing just E. patas, a 2017 review argued that, based on morphological evidence and heavy geographic separation between taxa, E. patas should be split back into distinct species as recognised in the 19th century.

There are three species recognized.

Genus Erythrocebus – Trouessart, 1897 – three species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Blue Nile patas monkey

E. poliophaeus
(Reichenbach, 1862)		 Eastern Africa Size: 49–64 cm (19–25 in) long, plus 43–73 cm (17–29 in) tail

Habitat: Forest, savanna, and shrubland

Diet: Gum and arthropods, as well as flowers, fruit, seeds, leaves, stems, roots, and small vertebrates		  DD 


Unknown

Common patas monkey

E. patas
(Schreber, 1775)

Three subspecies
  • E. p. patas
  • E. p. pyrrhonotus
  • E. p. villiersi
Equatorial Africa
 Size: 50–70 cm (20–28 in) long, plus 50–70 cm (20–28 in) tail

Habitat: Forest, savanna, shrubland, and grassland

Diet: Fruit and insects, as well as leaves, roots, and bird eggs		  NT 


Unknown

Southern patas monkey


E. baumstarki
Matschie, 1905		 Eastern Africa Size: 49–64 cm (19–25 in) long, plus 43–73 cm (17–29 in) tail

Habitat: Forest, savanna, shrubland, and grassland

Diet: Gum and arthropods, as well as flowers, fruit, seeds, leaves, stems, roots, and small vertebrates		  CR 


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