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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.
Two baby patas monkeys were born weeks apart at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo in upstate New York and are being raised by keepers after their mothers showed a lack of maternal instinct, a zoo official ...
The Rosamond Gifford patas troop lives at the zoo the way the highly social species does in the wild, in a group featuring one male and several females, according to the zoo. The survival rate for patas monkeys is relatively low in the wild because young monkey mothers often can't or won't raise their young.
Local authorities say 13 monkeys died in a fire at a safari park in England and the zoo staff are devastated.
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 ...
Momo the monkey’s taste of freedom is over. The primate spurred an hourslong search on Indianapolis' east side after he escaped Wednesday evening from his owner's property. Momo was captured by ...