| Sykes' monkey[1] | |
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| Cercopithecus mitis erythrarchus, Mount Sheba, South Africa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Cercopithecidae |
| Genus: | Cercopithecus |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: |
C. m. albogularis
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| Trinomial name | |
| Cercopithecus mitis albogularis (Sykes, 1831) | |
Sykes' monkey (Cercopithecus mitis albogularis), also known as the white-throated monkeyorSamango monkey, is a subspecies of the blue monkey.[2] 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.[3]
Sykes' monkey was previous considered a species on its own.[1] When it was, it had 12 subspecies:[1]
| Cercopithecus albogularis |
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| Cercopithecus mitis albogularis |
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| Semnopithecus albogularis |
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