Erythrocebus poliophaeus
(H. G. L. Reichenbach, 1862)
Blue Nile 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
Authority citation
Reichenbach, H.G.L. 1862. Lieferung 14–16. Pp. 83–146 in Reichenbach, H.G.L. 1863. Die vollständigste Naturgeschichte der Affen. W. Türk, Dresden, 204 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47618978Original name as described
Cercopithecus poliophaeus
Other common names
Heuglin's Patas Monkey · Blue Nile Hussar Patas Monkey
Type material
NMW 743/ST 1567
Type kind
lectotype
Type locality
Fazoglo (= Fazughli), SE Sudan.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Ethiopia · Sudan · South Sudan?
Taxonomy notes
split from E. patas based on morphology, not in MDDv1, spelling error: poliocephalus to 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
Not Evaluated
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