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Subspecies of Old World monkey

Silver monkey
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this 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)

Silver Monkey perched in a tree

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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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
Cercopithecus doggetti
Cercopithecus mitis doggetti
Cercopithecus leucampyx doggetti


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