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Erythrocebus patas  (Schreber, 1774)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 573015

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Cercopithecus circumcinctus Reichenbach, 1863
  
    Cercopithecus kerstingi Matschie, 1906
  
    Erythrocebus langheldi Matschie, 1905
  
    Simia rubra Gmelin, 1788
  
    Simia rufa Wagner, 1839
  
    Erythrocebus whitei Hollister, 1910
  
    Erythrocebus zechi Matschie, 1905
  
    Cercopithecus patas sannio Thomas, 1906
  
    Simia ruber albo-fasciatus Kerr, 1792
  
    Cercopithecus patas albosignatus Matschie, 1912
  
    Simia ruber nigro-fasciatus Kerr, 1792
  
    Cercopithecus patas poliomystax Matschie, 1912
  
    Simia ruber nigrofasciatus Kerr, 1792
  
    Simia ruber albofasciatus Kerr, 1792
  
  Common Name(s): Patas Monkey [English]
  
    Common Patas Monkey [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderPrimates Linnaeus, 1758 – homem, macaco, primata, sagui, primates, primates  
                                  SuborderHaplorrhini Pocock, 1918  
                                     InfraorderSimiiformes Haeckel, 1866  
                                        SuperfamilyCercopithecoidea Gray, 1821  
                                           FamilyCercopithecidae Gray, 1821 – Old World monkeys  
                                              SubfamilyCercopithecinae Gray, 1821 – cercopithecines  
                                                 TribeCercopithecini  – guenons  
                                                    GenusErythrocebus Trouessart, 1897 – Patas Monkey  
                                                       SpeciesErythrocebus patas (Schreber, 1774) – Patas Monkey, Common Patas Monkey  
    Direct Children:  
                                                          Subspecies Erythrocebus patas patas (Schreber, 1774) – Western Patas Monkey 
                                                          Subspecies Erythrocebus patas pyrrhonotus (Hemprich and Ehrenberg, 1829) – Eastern Patas Monkey 
                                                          Subspecies Erythrocebus patas villiersi Dekeyser, 1950 – Aïr Massif Patas Monkey 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Anthony B. Rylands  
  Notes: Deputy Chair, IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group, Office of the Executive Vice Chair, Conservation International, 2011 Crystal Drive, Arlington, Virginia 22202, USA   
  Reference for: Erythrocebus patas    
       
  Expert: Colin P. Groves  
  Notes: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, The Australian National University, GPO Box 4, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia   
  Reference for: Erythrocebus patas    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source:    
  Acquired:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for:    
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Mittermeier, Rusell A., Anthony B. Rylands, and Don E. Wilson, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2013   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 3. Primates   
  Page(s): 951   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9788496553897   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Erythrocebus patas, Patas Monkey [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Erythrocebus patas   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 1   
  Page(s): xxxv + 743   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Erythrocebus patas, Patas Monkey [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Mammals of the World   
  Page(s): xiv + 204   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-383-3   
  Notes: With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer   
  Reference for: Erythrocebus patas   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Status: CITES - Appendix II; IUCN - Lower Risk (lc)  
    Comments: Subspecies may exist, but at least some of the features supposed to characterize them were based on changes to the female's facial pattern during pregnancy (Groves, 2001c)  
    "In her ongoing studies on the taxonomy and distributions of patas monkeys, Yvonne de Jong (in litt. to Anthony B., Rylands, 19 January 2020) considered that further research is needed regarding the taxonomic status of pyrrhonotus. It appears, for example, that it occurs in a cline with patas monkeys in Central Africa and she indicated that it would be appropriate to leave it as a subspecies of E. patas for the time being. Gippoliti's 2017 review was only partial and, considering the little-known and numerous synonyms (see Groves, 2001), further research on patas monkeys throughout their range is urgently needed, especially since some 'forgotten' but valid taxa might well be endangered." (Anthony Rylands, pers. comm., 20 December 2020)  
 

 

    

 
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