Silver monkey | |
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Conservation status | |
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Cercopithecidae |
Genus: | Cercopithecus |
Species: | C. mitis |
Subspecies: | C. m. doggetti |
Trinomial name | |
Cercopithecus mitis doggetti Pocock, 1907 | |
Synonyms | |
sibatoi (Lorenz, 1913) |
The silver monkey (Cercopithecus mitis doggetti) is a subspecies of the blue monkey (Cercopithecus mitis). It is an Old World monkey found primarily in East Africa. Its range includes Burundi, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was previously listed as a full species.
References
- ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 155. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Butynski, T.M.; De Jong, Y.A. (2022) . "Cercopithecus mitis ssp. doggetti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T136861A210363846. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Cercopithecus doggetti | |
Cercopithecus mitis doggetti | |
Cercopithecus leucampyx doggetti |
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