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Erythrocebus patas (patas monkey)

Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae

Taxonomy
Simia patas was named by Schreber (1775). It is extant.

It was recombined as Cercopithecus patas by Bargo et al. (2000); it was recombined as Chlorocebus patas by Tosi et al. (2004); it was recombined as Erythrocebus patas by Trouessart (1897), Smith and Jungers (1997), Wilson and Reeder (2005) and Burgin et al. (2018).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1775Simia patas Schreber
1788Simia rubra Gmelin
1853Cercopithecus ruber Owen p. 753
1897Erythrocebus patas Trouessart
1997Erythrocebus patas Smith and Jungers p. 544
2000Cercopithecus patas Bargo et al. p. 610
2004Chlorocebus patas Tosi et al.
2005Erythrocebus patas Wilson and Reeder
2018Erythrocebus patas Burgin et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
Euarchonta
orderPrimates
infraorderHaplorhini(Pocock 1918)
Anthropoidea(Mivart 1864)
infraorderCatarrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
superfamilyCercopithecoidea
familyCercopithecidae
subfamilyCercopithecinae
tribeCercopitheciniGray 1825
genusErythrocebusTrouessart 1897
speciespatas(Schreber 1775)

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.

Erythrocebus patas Schreber 1775 [patas monkey]
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Invalid names: Cercopithecus ruber Gmelin 1788 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available