Erythrocebus

Erythrocebus
E. patas
Scientific classification Edit this 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 [1]
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.[2][3] 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.[4]

There are three species recognized.[4][5][6]

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

Brown and white monkey

E. poliophaeus
(Reichenbach, 1862) 		Eastern Africa Size: 49–64 cm (19–25 in) long, plus 43–73 cm (17–29 in) tail[7]

Habitat: Forest, savanna, and shrubland[8]

Diet: Gum and arthropods, as well as flowers, fruit, seeds, leaves, stems, roots, and small vertebrates[7] 		 DD 


Unknown Population declining[8]

Common patas monkey

Brown monkey

E. patas
(Schreber, 1775)

Three subspecies
  • E. p. patas
  • E. p. pyrrhonotus
  • E. p. villiersi
Equatorial Africa
Map of range 		Size: 50–70 cm (20–28 in) long, plus 50–70 cm (20–28 in) tail[9]

Habitat: Forest, savanna, shrubland, and grassland[10]

Diet: Fruit and insects, as well as leaves, roots, and bird eggs[9] 		 NT 


Unknown Population declining[10]

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[7]

Habitat: Forest, savanna, shrubland, and grassland[11]

Diet: Gum and arthropods, as well as flowers, fruit, seeds, leaves, stems, roots, and small vertebrates[7] 		 CR 


100 Population declining[11]

  1. ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ "Primate Factsheets: Patas monkey (Erythrocebus patas) Taxonomy, Morphology, & Ecology". pin.primate.wisc.edu. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
  3. ^ de Jong, Y.A.; Rylands, A.B.; Butynski, T.M. (2020). "Erythrocebus patas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T174391079A17940998. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T174391079A17940998.en. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  4. ^ a b Gippoliti, Spartaco (2017). "On the Traxonomy of Erythrocebus with a Re-evaluation of Erythrocebus poliophaeus (Reichenbach, 1862) from the Blue Nile Region of Sudan and Ethiopia" (PDF). Primate Conservation. 31: 53–59. ISSN 2162-4232. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Erythrocebus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  6. ^ Database, Mammal Diversity (2021-11-06), Mammal Diversity Database, doi:10.5281/zenodo.5651212, retrieved 2021-11-12
  7. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference MamAfrica259264 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference IUCNBlueNilepatasmonkey was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference ADWCommonpatasmonkey was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference IUCNCommonpatasmonkey was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference IUCNSouthernpatasmonkey was invoked but never defined (see the help page).