Sykes' monkey
Subspecies of Old World monkey / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with White-throated guenon.
Sykes' monkey (Cercopithecus mitis albogularis), also known as the white-throated monkey or Samango monkey, is a subspecies of the blue monkey.[2] It is an Old World monkey found between Ethiopia and South Africa, including south and east Democratic Republic of Congo. It is named after English naturalist Colonel William Henry Sykes (1790-1872), and has a large white patch on the throat and upper chest, and a grizzled (not blackish) cap.[3]
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Sykes' monkey[1] | |
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Cercopithecus mitis erythrarchus, Mount Sheba, South Africa | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Cercopithecidae |
Genus: | Cercopithecus |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | C. m. albogularis |
Trinomial name | |
Cercopithecus mitis albogularis (Sykes, 1831) |
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