Zanzibar Sykes's monkey, portrait
Blue monkey (Cercopithecus mitis)
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Facts – Blue monkey
| Also known as: | diademed monkey, golden monkey, samango, Sykes' monkey |
|---|---|
| French: | Cercopithèque À Diadème |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Mammalia |
| Order | Primates |
| Family | Cercopithecidae |
| Genus | Cercopithecus (1) |
Status – Blue monkey
Classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List (1) and listed on Appendix II of CITES (2).
Subspecies: Zanzibar Sykes's monkey, C. m albogularis, Stairs's white-collared monkey, C. m. erythrarchus, Kolb's white-collared monkey, C. m. kolbi, Tanzania Sykes's monkey, C. m. monoides, Moloney's white-collared monkey, C. m. moloneyi, the rump-spotted blue monkey, C. m. opisthostictus, Stuhlmann's blue monkey, C. m. stuhlmanni, and Doggett's blue monkey, C. m. doggetti, are classified as Least Concern (LC), Pousargues's white-collared monkey, C. m. albotorquatus, the samango, C. m. labiatus, and Boutourlini's blue monkey, C.m. boutourlinii, are classified as Vulnerable (VU), the Lomami river blue monkey, C. m. heymansi, is classified as Near Threatened (NT), the golden monkey, C. m. kandti, is classified as Endangered (EN), the red-eared Sykes's monkey, C. m. francescae, and the Pluto monkey, C. m. pluto, are classified as Data Deficient (DD), Schouteden's blue monkey, C. m. schoutedeni, and Zammarano's monkey, C. m. zammaronoi, are classified as Critically Endangered (CR) on the IUCN Red List (1).
Description – Blue monkey
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Glossary
- Subspecies: a population usually restricted to a geographical area that differs from other populations of the same species, but not to the extent of being classified as a separate species.
References
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IUCN Red List (June, 2010)
http://www.iucnredlist.org -
CITES (June, 2010)
http://www.cites.org
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Zanzibar Sykes's monkey, portrait
© Yvonne A. de Jong / Thomas M. Butynski
Yvonne de Jong
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Nanyuki
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yvonne@wildsolutions.nl
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