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Cercopithecus mitis  Wolf, 1822
Taxonomic Serial No.: 573005

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Blue Monkey [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderPrimates Linnaeus, 1758 – homem, macaco, primata, sagui, primates, primates  
                                  SuborderHaplorrhini Pocock, 1918  
                                     InfraorderSimiiformes Haeckel, 1866  
                                        SuperfamilyCercopithecoidea Gray, 1821  
                                           FamilyCercopithecidae Gray, 1821 – Old World monkeys  
                                              SubfamilyCercopithecinae Gray, 1821 – cercopithecines  
                                                 TribeCercopithecini  – guenons  
                                                    GenusCercopithecus Linnaeus, 1758 – arborial guenons  
                                                       SpeciesCercopithecus mitis Wolf, 1822 – Blue Monkey  
    Direct Children:  
                                                          Subspecies Cercopithecus mitis albogularis (Sykes, 1831) – Zanzibar Sykes's Monkey 
                                                          Subspecies Cercopithecus mitis albotorquatus de Pousargues, 1896 – Pousargues's Monkey, Pousargues's White-collared Monkey 
                                                          Subspecies Cercopithecus mitis boutourlinii Giglioli, 1887 – Boutourlini's Blue Monkey 
                                                          Subspecies Cercopithecus mitis doggetti Pocock, 1907 – Silver Monkey 
                                                          Subspecies Cercopithecus mitis erythrarchus Peters, 1852 – Samango Monkey, Stairs's Monkey 
                                                          Subspecies Cercopithecus mitis francescae Thomas, 1902 – Red-eared White-collared Monkey 
                                                          Subspecies Cercopithecus mitis heymansi Colyn and Verheyen, 1987 – Lomami River Blue Monkey 
                                                          Subspecies Cercopithecus mitis kandti Matschie, 1905 – Golden Monkey 
                                                          Subspecies Cercopithecus mitis kolbi Neumann, 1902 – Kolb's White-collared Monkey, Kolb's Monkey 
                                                          Subspecies Cercopithecus mitis labiatus I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1842 – Samango Monkey 
                                                          Subspecies Cercopithecus mitis manyaraensis Butynski and de Jong, 2020 – Manyara Monkey 
                                                          Subspecies Cercopithecus mitis mitis Wolf, 1822 – Pluto Monkey, Angola Pluto Monkey 
                                                          Subspecies Cercopithecus mitis moloneyi Sclater, 1893 – Moloney's Monkey 
                                                          Subspecies Cercopithecus mitis monoides I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1841 – Tanzania Sykes's Monkey 
                                                          Subspecies Cercopithecus mitis opisthostictus Sclater, 1894 – Rump-spotted Blue Monkey 
                                                          Subspecies Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni Matschie, 1893 – Stuhlmann's Blue Monkey 
                                                          Subspecies Cercopithecus mitis zammaranoi de Beaux, 1924 – Zammarano's Monkey, Somalia White-collared Monkey 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Anthony B. Rylands  
  Notes: Deputy Chair, IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group, Office of the Executive Vice Chair, Conservation International, 2011 Crystal Drive, Arlington, Virginia 22202, USA   
  Reference for: Cercopithecus mitis    
       
  Expert: Colin P. Groves  
  Notes: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, The Australian National University, GPO Box 4, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia   
  Reference for: Cercopithecus mitis    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source:    
  Acquired:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for:    
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Mittermeier, Rusell A., Anthony B. Rylands, and Don E. Wilson, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2013   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 3. Primates   
  Page(s): 951   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9788496553897   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Cercopithecus mitis, Blue Monkey [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Cercopithecus mitis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 1   
  Page(s): xxxv + 743   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Cercopithecus mitis, Blue Monkey [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Mammals of the World   
  Page(s): xiv + 204   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-383-3   
  Notes: With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer   
  Reference for: Cercopithecus mitis   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Comments: C. mitis species group. Does not include albogularis; pace Booth (1968); see Dandelot (1974:19). Does not include doggetti or kandti (see Groves, 2001c)  
    Status: CITES - Appendix II; IUCN - Lower Risk (lc) as C. m. stuhlmanni and as C. mitis  
    Status: CITES - Appendix II; IUCN - Endangered as C. mitis labiatus, Data Deficient as C. m. albotorquatus, Lower Risk (lc) as C. m. albogularis  
 

 

    

 
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