Sykes' Monkey

Taxobox
name = Sykes' MonkeyMSW3 Groves | pages = Cercopithecus albogularis154]


status = LR/lc
status_system = iucn2.3
status_ref = IUCN2007 | assessors = Butynski, T. & Members of the Primate Specialist Group | year = 2000 | title = Cercopithecus mitis "ssp." albogularis | id = 40625 | downloaded = 2008-04-19]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Primates
familia = Cercopithecidae
genus = "Cercopithecus"
species = "C. albogularis"
binomial = "Cercopithecus albogularis"
binomial_authority = (Sykes, 1831)

Sykes' Monkey ("Cercopithecus albogularis"), also known as the White-throated Monkey, is an Old World monkey found between Ethiopia and South Africa, including south and east Democratic Republic of Congo. It has been considered conspecific with the Blue Monkey (which in turn has included the Golden and Silver Monkey), but has a large white patch on the throat and upper chest, and a grizzled (not blackish) cap. [Kingdon, J. 1997. "The Kingdon Guide to African Mammals." Academic Press Limited, London. ISBN 0-12-408355-2]

ubspecies

There are 12 subspecies of Sykes' Monkey:
* Zanzibar Sykes' Monkey, "Cercopithecus albogularis albogularis"
* Pousargues' Sykes' Monkey, "Cercopithecus albogularis albotorquatus"
* "Cercopithecus albogularis erythrarchus"
* "Cercopithecus albogularis francescae"
* "Cercopithecus albogularis kibonotensis"
* "Cercopithecus albogularis kolbi"
* White-lipped Monkey or Samango, "Cercopithecus albogularis labiatus"
* "Cercopithecus albogularis moloneyi"
* "Cercopithecus albogularis monoides"
* "Cercopithecus albogularis phylax"
* "Cercopithecus albogularis schwarzi"
* Zammarano's White-throated Guenon, "Cercopithecus albogularis zammaranoi"

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