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The common patas monkey (Erythrocebus patas), also known as the hussar monkey, [2] is a ground-dwelling monkey distributed over semi-arid areas of West Africa, and into East Africa. Taxonomy [ edit ]
Erythrocebus is a genus of Old World monkey.All three species in this genus are found in Africa, and are known as patas monkeys. [2] [3] 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.
The southern patas monkey (Erythrocebus baumstarki) is a critically endangered species of Old World monkey found only in Tanzania, and formerly in Kenya. [2] It may be the most endangered primate in Africa known to still be extant, with only 100 to 200 known wild individuals.
Old World monkey genera include baboons (genus Papio), red colobus (genus Piliocolobus), and macaques (genus Macaca). Common names for other Old World monkeys include the talapoin, guenon, colobus, douc (douc langur, genus Pygathrix), vervet, gelada, mangabey (a group of genera), langur, mandrill, drill, surili , patas, and proboscis monkey.
The Blue Nile patas monkey (Erythrocebus poliophaeus) or Heuglin's patas monkey is a species of Old World monkey found in Africa along the Blue Nile river valley in Ethiopia, Sudan, and potentially South Sudan. While first described in 1862, it was synonymized with the common patas monkey (E. patas) in 1927. A 2017 study reclassified it as a ...
The common name "potto" may be from Wolof pata (a tailless monkey). [3] The generic name Perodicticus is composed of Greek πηρός (pērós, ‘maimed’) and δεικτικός (deiktikós, "able to show/indicate", cf. δείκτης, deíktēs, ‘index finger’). It refers to the stubby index finger that seems mutilated. [4] [5]
The Cercopithecinae are a subfamily of the Old World monkeys, which comprises roughly 71 species, including the baboons, the macaques, and the vervet monkeys.Most cercopithecine monkeys are limited to sub-Saharan Africa, although the macaques range from the far eastern parts of Asia through northern Africa, as well as on Gibraltar.
Omnivorous cercopithecoids such as baboons and the patas monkey display the second largest average body mass. [1] Humans feature such a diverse range of diet that they do not rely on one particular food group. [1]