| Common patas monkey[1] | |
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| At the San Francisco Zoo, California, U.S. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Cercopithecidae |
| Genus: | Erythrocebus |
| Species: | E. patas
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| Binomial name | |
| Erythrocebus patas (Schreber, 1775)
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| Geographic range (includes E. poliophaeus and E. baumstarki) | |
The common patas monkey (Erythrocebus patas), also known as the hussar monkey,[2] is a ground-dwelling monkey distributed over semi-arid areas of West Africa, and into East Africa.
- ^ 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. 160. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ a b De Jong, Y.A.; Rylands, A.B.; Butynski, T.M. (2022) [amended version of 2020 assessment]. "Erythrocebus patas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T174391079A217739569. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T174391079A217739569.en.