Silver monkey

This article is about the monkey subspecies. For the DC Comics character, see Silver Monkey (comics).

Silver monkey[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Cercopithecus
Species:
C. mitis
Subspecies:
C. m. doggetti
Trinomial name
Cercopithecus mitis doggetti
Pocock, 1907
Synonyms

sibatoi (Lorenz, 1913)

Silver Monkey perched in a tree

The silver monkey (Cercopithecus mitis doggetti) is a subspecies of the blue monkey (Cercopithecus mitis).[2] It is an Old World monkey found primarily in East Africa. Its range includes Burundi, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1] It was previously listed as a full species.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 155. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ a b Butynski, T.M.; De Jong, Y.A. (2022) [errata version of 2022 assessment]. "Cercopithecus mitis ssp. doggetti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T136861A210363846. Retrieved 16 August 2023.


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