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.

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

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