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Erythrocebus patas
Order: Primates > Family: Cercopithecidae > Genus: Erythrocebus > Species: Erythrocebus patas
Type Description
Die Saugethiere, 1:98
Type Locality
Senegal
Measurements
Head and body: 485-875
Tail length: 540-740
Weight: 7-25 kg
Tail length: 540-740
Weight: 7-25 kg
Description
There is an isolated population in the Serengeti ecosystem. This monkey has long slender white limbs and a reddish brown back.
Distribution
Erythrocebus patas ranges from the open grasslands of savannahs to the dry woodlands and wooded steppes south of the Sahara from Senegal to Somalia down to northeast Tanzania. (Kingdon, 1984, 1997)
Key References
1. Kingdon, J. 1984. East African mammals: An atlas of evolution in Africa. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1:262-271.
2. Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon field guide to African mammals, AP Natural World Academic Press, Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, p. 57-58.
3. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1:569-571.
2. Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon field guide to African mammals, AP Natural World Academic Press, Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, p. 57-58.
3. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1:569-571.