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).