Erythrocebus patas (Schreber 1775)

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 : 160

Erythrocebus patas (Schreber 1775)

[Simia] patas Schreber 1775 , Die Saugethiere, Vol. 1: 98.

Type Locality: Senegal.

Vernacular Names: Patas Monkey.

Synonyms: Erythrocebus albigenus Elliot 1909 ; Erythrocebus albo-fasciatus ( Kerr 1792) ; Erythrocebus albosignatus ( Matschie 1912) ; Erythrocebus baumstarki Matschie 1905 ; Erythrocebus circumcinctus (Reichenbach 1863) ; Erythrocebus formosus Elliot 1909 ; Erythrocebus kerstingi (Matschie 1906) ; Erythrocebus langheldi Matschie 1905 ; Erythrocebus nigro-fasciatus ( Kerr 1792) ; Erythrocebus poliomystax ( Matschie 1912) ; Erythrocebus poliophaeus (Heuglin 1877) ; Erythrocebus pyrrhonotus (Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1829) ; Erythrocebus rubra (Gmelin 1788) ; Erythrocebus rufa ( Wagner 1839) ; Erythrocebus sannio (Thomas 1906) ; Erythrocebus villiersi Dekeyser 1950 ; Erythrocebus whitei Hollister 1910 ; Erythrocebus zechi Matschie 1905 .

Distribution: Savannahs, from W Africa to Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subspecies may exist, but at least some of the features supposed to characterize them were based on changes to the female’s facial pattern during pregnancy ( Groves, 2001 c).