Erythrocebus Explained

Erythrocebus is a genus of Old World monkey. All three species in this genus are found in Africa, and are known as patas monkeys.^{[1] [2]} While previously considered a monotypic genus containing just E. patas, a 2017 review argued that, based on morphological evidence and heavy geographic separation between taxa, E. patas should be split back into distinct species as recognised in the 19th century.^[3]

There are three species recognized.

Sources

• Book: Kingdon, Jonathan . Mammals of Africa . II: Primates . 2014 . . 978-1-4081-8991-7 . CITEREF_MamAfrica.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Primate Factsheets: Patas monkey (Erythrocebus patas) Taxonomy, Morphology, & Ecology. pin.primate.wisc.edu. en. 2018-03-20.
2. de Jong, Y.A. . Rylands, A.B. . Butynski, T.M. . 2020 . Erythrocebus patas . 2020 . e.T174391079A17940998 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T174391079A17940998.en . 25 September 2021.
3. Gippoliti. Spartaco. 2017. On the Traxonomy 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. 2162-4232. 17 January 2018.