Heuglin’s Patas Monkey

Erythrocebus poliophaeus

Classification

Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cercopithecidae

The Blue Nile patas monkey (Erythrocebus poliophaeus) or Heuglin's patas monkey is a species of Old World monkey found in Africa along the Blue Nile river valley in Ethiopia, Sudan, and potentially South Sudan. While first described in 1862, it was synonymized with the common patas monkey (E. patas) in 1927.

Distribution

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Sources and credits

PhotoHeinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach · CC0 DescriptionBlue Nile patas monkey, Wikipedia contributors Safetywikidata

Heuglin’s Patas Monkey

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