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(Redirected from Samango monkey) Subspecies of Old World monkey Not to be confused with White-throated guenon.

Sykes' monkey

Cercopithecus mitis erythrarchus, Mount Sheba, South Africa
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	Cercopithecidae
Genus:	Cercopithecus
Species:	C. mitis
Subspecies:	C. m. albogularis
Trinomial name
*Cercopithecus mitis albogularis* (Sykes, 1831)

Sykes' monkey (Cercopithecus mitis albogularis), also known as the white-throated monkey or Samango monkey, is a subspecies of the blue monkey. It is an Old World monkey found between Ethiopia and South Africa, including south and east Democratic Republic of Congo. It is named after English naturalist Colonel William Henry Sykes (1790-1872), and has a large white patch on the throat and upper chest, and a grizzled (not blackish) cap.

Subspecies

Sykes' monkey was previous considered a species on its own. When it was, it had 12 subspecies:

C. a. albogularis – Zanzibar Sykes' monkey
C. a. albotorquatus – Pousargues' Sykes' monkey
C. a. erythrarchus – white-throated guenon or Samango monkey
C. a. francescae
C. a. kibonotensis
C. a. kolbi – Mount Kenya Sykes' monkey
C. a. labiatus – White-lipped monkey or Samango monkey
C. a. moloneyi
C. a. monoides
C. a. phylax
C. a. schwarzi
C. a. zammaranoi – Zammarano's white-throated guenon

References

^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 154. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
^ Butynski, T.M.; De Jong, Y.A. (2022) . "Cercopithecus mitis ssp. albogularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T40645A210337748. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T40645A210337748.en. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon Guide to African Mammals. Academic Press Limited, London. ISBN 0-12-408355-2

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Extant species of family Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys) (subfamily Cercopithecinae)

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini

Cercopithecini

Allenopithecus	Allen's swamp monkey (A. nigroviridis)
Miopithecus (Talapoins)	Angolan talapoin (M. talapoin) Gabon talapoin (M. ogouensis)
Erythrocebus	Southern patas monkey (E. baumstarki) Common patas monkey (E. patas) Blue Nile patas monkey (E. poliophaeus)
Chlorocebus (Vervet monkeys)	Dryas monkey (C. dryas) Green monkey (C. sabaeus) Grivet (C. aethiops) Bale Mountains vervet (C. djamdjamensis) Tantalus monkey (C. tantalus) Vervet monkey (C. pygerythrus) Malbrouck (C. cynosuros)
Allochrocebus (Terrestrial guenons)	L'Hoest's monkey (A. lhoesti) Preuss's monkey (A. preussi) Sun-tailed monkey (A. solatus)
Cercopithecus (Arboreal guenons)	Diana monkey (C. diana) Roloway monkey (C. roloway) Greater spot-nosed monkey (C. nictitans) Blue monkey (C. mitis) Mona monkey (C. mona) Campbell's mona monkey (C. campbelli) Lowe's mona monkey (C. lowei) Crested mona monkey (C. pogonias) Wolf's mona monkey (C. wolfi) Dent's mona monkey (C. denti) Lesser spot-nosed monkey (C. petaurista) White-throated guenon (C. erythrogaster) Sclater's guenon (C. sclateri) Red-eared guenon (C. erythrotis) Moustached guenon (C. cephus) Red-tailed monkey (C. ascanius) Hamlyn's monkey (C. hamlyni) De Brazza's monkey (C. neglectus) Lesula (C. lomamiensis)

Papionini

Macaca (Macaques)	Barbary macaque (M. sylvanus) Lion-tailed macaque (M. silenus) Southern pig-tailed macaque (M. nemestrina) Northern pig-tailed macaque (M. leonina) Pagai Island macaque (M. pagensis) Siberut macaque (M. siberu) Moor macaque (M. maura) Booted macaque (M. ochreata) Tonkean macaque (M. tonkeana) Heck's macaque (M. hecki) Gorontalo macaque (M. nigrescens) Celebes crested macaque (M. nigra) Crab-eating macaque (M. fascicularis) Stump-tailed macaque (M. arctoides) Rhesus macaque (M. mulatta) Formosan rock macaque (M. cyclopis) Japanese macaque (M. fuscata) Toque macaque (M. sinica) Bonnet macaque (M. radiata) Assam macaque (M. assamensis) Tibetan macaque (M. thibetana) Arunachal macaque (M. munzala) White-cheeked macaque (M. leucogenys)
Lophocebus (Crested mangabeys)	Grey-cheeked mangabey (L. albigena) Black crested mangabey (L. aterrimus)
Rungwecebus	Kipunji (R. kipunji)
Papio (Baboons)	Olive baboon (P. anubis) Yellow baboon (P. cynocephalus) Hamadryas baboon (P. hamadryas) Guinea baboon (P. papio) Chacma baboon (P. ursinus) Kinda baboon (P. kindae)
Theropithecus	Gelada (T. gelada)
Cercocebus (White-eyelid mangabeys)	Sooty mangabey (C. atys) Collared mangabey (C. torquatus) Agile mangabey (C. agilis) Golden-bellied mangabey (C. chrysogaster) Tana River mangabey (C. galeritus) Sanje mangabey (C. sanjei) White-naped mangabey (C. lunulatus)
Mandrillus	Mandrill (M. sphinx) Drill (M. leucophaeus)

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Taxon identifiers
Cercopithecus albogularis	Wikidata: Q997728 Wikispecies: Cercopithecus albogularis BOLD: 647726 CoL: STDM EoL: 4453564 GBIF: 7262043 ITIS: 944228 MSW: 12100435 NCBI: 867370 Paleobiology Database: 232631 Species+: 10992
Cercopithecus mitis albogularis	Wikidata: Q40463494 CoL: 5GC3N GBIF: 5786268 iNaturalist: 147597 ITIS: 1025172 IUCN: 40645
Semnopithecus albogularis	Wikidata: Q109647565 GBIF: 8778964

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