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Erythrocebus
Taxonomy
Erythrocebus was named by Trouessart (1897). It is extant.
It was assigned to Cercopithecinae by Wilson and Reeder (2005); and to Cercopithecini by Xing et al. (2005).
It was assigned to Cercopithecinae by Wilson and Reeder (2005); and to Cercopithecini by Xing et al. (2005).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1897 | Erythrocebus Trouessart |
| 2005 | Erythrocebus Wilson and Reeder |
| 2005 | Erythrocebus Xing et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Erythrocebus Trouessart 1897
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Erythrocebus patas Schreber 1775 [patas monkey]
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Invalid names: Cercopithecus ruber Gmelin 1788 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Body mass estimates
| estimate | equation | reference |
|---|---|---|
| 17.0 kg | Mammalia femur diameter | Gingerich 1990 |
| 21.6 kg | Mammalia humerus diameter | Gingerich 1990 |
| 24.8 kg | Mammalia tibia diameter | Gingerich 1990 |
| mean: 20.9 kg | ||
Measurements
| part | N | mean | |||||
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| femur diameter | 1 | 14.2 | |||||
| humerus diameter | 1 | 16.0 | |||||
| radius diameter | 1 | 13.5 | |||||
| tibia diameter | 1 | 15.6 |
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||