Sykes' monkey
| Sykes' monkey[1] | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | Cercopithecidae |
| Genus: | Cercopithecus |
| Species: | C. albogularis |
| Binomial name | |
| Cercopithecus albogularis (Sykes, 1831) | |
Sykes' monkey (Cercopithecus albogularis), named after English naturalist Colonel William Henry Sykes (1790-1872), also known as the white-throated monkey or Samango monkey, is an Old World monkey found between Ethiopia and South Africa, including south and east Democratic Republic of Congo. It has been considered conspecific with the blue monkey (which in turn has included the golden and silver monkey), but has a large white patch on the throat and upper chest, and a grizzled (not blackish) cap.[3]
Subspecies
There are 12 subspecies of Sykes' Monkey:[1]
- Cercopithecus albogularis albogularis – Zanzibar Sykes' monkey
- Cercopithecus albogularis albotorquatus – Pousargues' Sykes' monkey
- Cercopithecus albogularis erythrarchus – White-throated guenon
- Cercopithecus albogularis francescae
- Cercopithecus albogularis kibonotensis
- Cercopithecus albogularis kolbi - Mount Kenya Sykes' monkey
- Cercopithecus albogularis labiatus – White-lipped monkey or Samango monkey
- Cercopithecus albogularis moloneyi
- Cercopithecus albogularis monoides
- Cercopithecus albogularis phylax
- Cercopithecus albogularis schwarzi
- Cercopithecus albogularis zammaranoi – Zammarano's white-throated guenon
References
Sykes' Monkey from Mt. Kenya
- 1 2 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. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
- ↑ Kingdon, J., Butynski, T. M. & De Jong, Y. (2008). Cercopithecus mitis ssp. albogularis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
- ↑ Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon Guide to African Mammals. Academic Press Limited, London. ISBN 0-12-408355-2
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