Erythrocebus
E. patas
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	Cercopithecidae
Subfamily:	Cercopithecinae
Tribe:	Cercopithecini
Genus:	Erythrocebus Trouessart, 1897
Type species
Simia patas [1] Schreber, 1775
Species
Erythrocebus baumstarki Erythrocebus patas Erythrocebus poliophaeus

Erythrocebus is a genus of Old World monkey. All three species in this genus are found in Africa, and are known as patas monkeys. ^{[2] [3]} While previously considered a monotypic genus containing just E. patas, a 2017 review argued that, based on morphological evidence and heavy geographic separation between taxa, E. patas should be split back into distinct species as recognised in the 19th century. ^[4]

There are three species recognized. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Genus Erythrocebus – Trouessart, 1897 – three species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Blue Nile patas monkey	E. poliophaeus ( Reichenbach, 1862)	Eastern Africa	Size: 49–64 cm (19–25 in) long, plus 43–73 cm (17–29 in) tail [7] Habitat: Forest, savanna, and shrubland [8] Diet: Gum and arthropods, as well as flowers, fruit, seeds, leaves, stems, roots, and small vertebrates [7]	DD  Unknown [8]
Common patas monkey	E. patas ( Schreber, 1775) Three subspecies E. p. patas E. p. pyrrhonotus E. p. villiersi	Equatorial Africa	Size: 50–70 cm (20–28 in) long, plus 50–70 cm (20–28 in) tail [9] Habitat: Forest, savanna, shrubland, and grassland [10] Diet: Fruit and insects, as well as leaves, roots, and bird eggs [9]	NT  Unknown [10]
Southern patas monkey	E. baumstarki Matschie, 1905	Eastern Africa	Size: 49–64 cm (19–25 in) long, plus 43–73 cm (17–29 in) tail [7] Habitat: Forest, savanna, shrubland, and grassland [11] Diet: Gum and arthropods, as well as flowers, fruit, seeds, leaves, stems, roots, and small vertebrates [7]	CR  100 [11]

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