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

Living
Found in the wild

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/47618978

Original 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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000591

Country distribution map

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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 poliophaeus

(H. G. L. Reichenbach, 1862)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

poliophaeus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMW 743/ST 1567

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

122

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47618978

Authority publication

Dresden

Name usages

Groves (2005:160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Cercopithecus poliolophus

(von Heuglin, 1877)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

poliolophus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

NMW 743/ST 1567

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

6

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876411

Authority publication

Braunschweig

Name usages

Heuglin (1877:6, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876411) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66584)

Erythrocebus albigenus

D. G. Elliot, 1909

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

albigenus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1908.6.15.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c4e34884-7507-417b-825d-895e6220d11f https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c8f339c9-f758-45ed-a6a8-7c08e04a31c7

Authority page

265

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097644

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Erythrocebus albigenis

D. G. Elliot, 1913

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

albigenis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

lxii

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602356

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Elliot (1913:lxii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602356) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)

Erythrocebus poliophæus

D. G. Elliot, 1913

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

poliophaeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

lxii

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602356

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

  1. Elliot (1913:lxii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602356) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000591) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  3. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/164377509/164377626) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Erythrocebus poliocephalus

Mammal Diversity Database, 2019

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

poliocephalus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling · unpublished_electronic

Authority page

ID #400000581

Name usages

Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000581) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

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