Erythrocebus

Erythrocebus
E. patas
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	Cercopithecidae
Subfamily:	Cercopithecinae
Tribe:	Cercopithecini
Genus:	Erythrocebus Trouessart, 1897
Type species
Simia patas [1] Schreber, 1775
Species
Erythrocebus baumstarki Erythrocebus patas Erythrocebus poliophaeus

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.^[4]

There are three species recognized.^[4][5][6]

Genus Erythrocebus – Trouessart, 1897 – three species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Blue Nile patas monkey	E. poliophaeus (Reichenbach, 1862)	Eastern Africa	Size: 49–64 cm (19–25 in) long, plus 43–73 cm (17–29 in) tail[7] Habitat: Forest, savanna, and shrubland[8] Diet: Gum and arthropods, as well as flowers, fruit, seeds, leaves, stems, roots, and small vertebrates[7]	DD  Unknown [8]
Common patas monkey	E. patas (Schreber, 1775) Three subspecies E. p. patas E. p. pyrrhonotus E. p. villiersi	Equatorial Africa	Size: 50–70 cm (20–28 in) long, plus 50–70 cm (20–28 in) tail[9] Habitat: Forest, savanna, shrubland, and grassland[10] Diet: Fruit and insects, as well as leaves, roots, and bird eggs[9]	NT  Unknown [10]
Southern patas monkey	E. baumstarki Matschie, 1905	Eastern Africa	Size: 49–64 cm (19–25 in) long, plus 43–73 cm (17–29 in) tail[7] Habitat: Forest, savanna, shrubland, and grassland[11] Diet: Gum and arthropods, as well as flowers, fruit, seeds, leaves, stems, roots, and small vertebrates[7]	CR  100 [11]

References

1. Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
2. "Primate Factsheets: Patas monkey (Erythrocebus patas) Taxonomy, Morphology, & Ecology". pin.primate.wisc.edu. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
3. de Jong, Y.A.; Rylands, A.B.; Butynski, T.M. (2020). "Erythrocebus patas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T174391079A17940998. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T174391079A17940998.en. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
4. Gippoliti, Spartaco (2017). "On the Traxonomy of Erythrocebus with a Re-evaluation of Erythrocebus poliophaeus (Reichenbach, 1862) from the Blue Nile Region of Sudan and Ethiopia" (PDF). Primate Conservation. 31: 53–59. ISSN 2162-4232. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
5. "Erythrocebus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
6. Database, Mammal Diversity (2021-11-06), Mammal Diversity Database, doi:10.5281/zenodo.5651212, retrieved 2021-11-12
7. Kingdon 2014, pp. 259, 264
8. Gippoliti, S.; Rylands, A. B. (2020). "Erythrocebus poliophaeus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T164377509A164377626. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T164377509A164377626.en.
9. Bonadio, Christopher (2000). "Erythrocebus patas". Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan. Archived from the original on August 12, 2023. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
10. De Jong, Y. A.; Rylands, A. B.; Butynski, T. M. (2022) [amended version of 2020 assessment]. "Erythrocebus patas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T174391079A217739569. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T174391079A217739569.en.
11. de Jong, Y. A.; Butynski, T. M. (2020). "Erythrocebus baumstarki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T92252436A92252442. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T92252436A92252442.en.

Sources

• Kingdon, Jonathan (2014). Mammals of Africa. Vol. II: Primates. A & C Black. ISBN 978-1-4081-8991-7.