Erythrocebus patas

(von Schreber, 1774)

Common Patas Monkey

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Primates
Suborder : Haplorhini
Infraorder : Simiiformes
Parvorder : Catarrhini
Superfamily : Cercopithecoidea
Family : Cercopithecidae
Subfamily : Cercopithecinae
Tribe : Cercopithecini
Genus : Erythrocebus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Schreber, J.C.D. von. 1774. pl. 16. P. pl. 16 in Schreber, J.C.D. von. 1774-1855. Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen. Walther, Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31059926

Original name as described

Simia patas

Other common names

Hussar Monkey · Military Monkey · Red Guenon · Aïr Red Monkey · Aïr Patas Monkey · Eastern Patas Monkey · Dancing Red Patas Monkey · Southern Patas Monkey · Ikoma Patas Monkey · Western Patas Monkey · West African Red Monkey

Type locality

Senegal.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Gambia · Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Sierra Leone · Cote d'Ivoire · Mauritania · Mali · Burkina Faso · Niger · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria · Chad · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Sudan · South Sudan · Uganda · Ethiopia · Kenya

Taxonomy notes

previously included E. baumstarki and E. poliophaeus

Taxonomy notes citation

Gippoliti, S. (2017). On the taxonomy of Erythrocebus with a re-evaluation of Erythrocebus poliophaeus (Reichenbach, 1862) from the Blue Nile Region of Sudan and Ethiopia. Primate Conservation, 31, 53-59.

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000590

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Cercopithecus patas sannio

(O. Thomas, 1906)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

sannio

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.7.8.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/235d540c-dc9a-43c2-990e-f19a1ffb3878 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/71a5be5a-42c5-44fe-899c-4be6b865cf1d

Authority page

173

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51472216

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Erythrocebus formosus

D. G. Elliot, 1909

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

formosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1909.2.21.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3c8961bf-3f8e-4c64-8edb-322112324a9a https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/95fba4f1-3a0b-4dad-b1f7-38562e5ab1df

Authority page

264

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097643

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Erythrocebus patas villiersi

Dekeyser, 1950

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

villiersi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1952-6

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1952-6

Authority page

388-425

Authority publication

Mémoires de l'Institut français d'Afrique Noire

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Cercopithecus (Erythrocebus) patas albosignatus

(Matschie, 1912)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

albosignatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMCA 15

Type kind

holotype

Authority publication

Revue zoologique africaine

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Cercopithecus (Erythrocebus) patas poliomystax

(Matschie, 1912)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

poliomystax

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMCA 568

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

434

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32992318

Authority publication

Revue zoologique africaine

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Erythrocebus whitei

Hollister, 1910

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

whitei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:155440

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3456e1d7e-89ee-45f5-a426-b72f9460a8e5

Authority page

11

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8813050

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Erythrocebus kerstingi

Matschie, 1906

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

kerstingi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

276

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7897367

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Cercopithecus Patas

(Erxleben, 1777)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

patas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

34

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872831

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:34, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872831) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Daudin (1802:146, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033396) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)

Cercopithecus ruber

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

ruber

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

35

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207467

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:35, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207467) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Cuvier (1842:1, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  3. Lesson (1842:4) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  4. Blyth (1863:11, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534729) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Cercopithecus nisnas

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

nisnas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

4

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:4) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Erythrocebus patas

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

patas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

89

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:89) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:234, 235) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:671) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  6. Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:257) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000146) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000146) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000590) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/174391079/217739569) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Erythrocebus patas patas

Mittermeier, Rylands, & D. E. Wilson, 2013

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

patas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

671

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:671) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Erythrocebus patas pyrrhonotus

Mittermeier, Rylands, & D. E. Wilson, 2013

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

pyrrhonotus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

671

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:671) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Simia patas

(von Schreber, 1774)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

patas

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

pl. 16

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31059926

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

  1. Cuvier (1797:98, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
  2. Goldfuss (1809:60, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497841) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)

Simia rubra

(J. F. Gmelin, 1788)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

ruber

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

34

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751235

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Simia Cercopithecus ruber albo-fasciatus

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

albofasciatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

71

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664089

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Simia Cercopithecus ruber nigro-fasciatus

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

nigrofasciatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

71

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664089

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Simia rufa

(von Schreber, 1805)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

rufus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

pl. 16B

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31059928

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Cercopithecus pyrrhonotus

(Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1829)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

pyrrhonotus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Cercopithecus pyrronotus

(Lesson, 1836)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

pyrronotus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

14

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814841

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Cuvier (1842:1, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)

Simia rufa

(J. A. Wagner, 1839)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

rufa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

subsequent_usage

Authority page

130

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31071769

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Erythrocebus langheldi

Matschie, 1906

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

langheldi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

276

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7897367

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Erythrocebus zechi

Matschie, 1906

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

zechi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

274

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7897365

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

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