Erythrocebus

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Erythrocebus
See Also From tracing topical name
Cercopithecidae
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q10758998
Library of congress: sh 87003816
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Comparative behavior of African Monkeys, 1987.
  • Syn. liv. org.:v. 2, p. 1034.
  • Honacki Mammal species:p. 234.
  • Walker mam. world:v. 1, p. 462.
  • Web. 3.
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Wikipedia description:

Erythrocebus is a genus of Old World monkey. All three species in this genus are found in Africa, and are known as patas monkeys. 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. There are three species recognized.

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