Cercopithecus mitis Wolf 1822

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Primates, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 111-184 : 157

Cercopithecus mitis Wolf 1822

Cercopithecus mitis Wolf 1822 , Abbild. Beschreib. Merkw. Naturgesch. Gegenstandes, Vol. 2: 145.

Type Locality: Angola.

Vernacular Names: Blue Monkey.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Cercopithecus mitis subsp. mitis Wolf 1822

Subspecies Cercopithecus mitis subsp. boutourlinii Giglioli 1887

Subspecies Cercopithecus mitis subsp. elgonis Lönnberg 1919

Subspecies Cercopithecus mitis subsp. heymansi Colyn and Verheyen 1987

Subspecies Cercopithecus mitis subsp. opisthostictus Sclater 1894

Subspecies Cercopithecus mitis subsp. stuhlmanni Matschie 1893

Distribution: Congo-Oubangui River system (probably Itimbiri River) to East African Rift Valley, N Angola and NW Zambia.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as C. m. stuhlmanni and as C. mitis .

Discussion: C. mitis species group. Does not include albogularis ; pace Booth (1968); see Dandelot (1974:19). Does not include doggetti or kandti (see Groves, 2001 c).