Erythrocebus

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]

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

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	Equitorial 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]