Cercocebus atys Audebert 1799 (monkey)

Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae

Alternative combination: Simia atys

Synonym: Cercocebus fuliginosus Geoffroy 1812

Full reference: J.-B. Audebert. 1799. Histoire Naturelle des Singes et des Makis.

Belongs to Cercocebus according to D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder 2005

See also Audebert 1799 and Bradley 1904

Sister taxa: Cercocebus agilis, Cercocebus chrysogaster, Cercocebus galeritus, Cercocebus lunulatus, Cercocebus sanjei, Cercocebus torquatus

Ecology: arboreal frugivore-folivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Cercocebus atys in the database

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