Silver Monkey

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Silver Monkey[1]
Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Cercopithecus
Species: C. doggetti
Binomial name
Cercopithecus doggetti
Pocock, 1907
Synonyms

sibatoi (Lorenz, 1913)

The Silver Monkey (Cercopithecus doggetti) is a species of Old World monkey found primarily in East Africa. Its range includes Burundi, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1] The Silver Monkey was previously considered a subspecies of the Blue Monkey (Cercopithecus mitis).[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 155. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.