Common patas monkey
| Common patas monkey | |
|---|---|
| At the San Francisco Zoo, California, U.S. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Cercopithecidae |
| Genus: | Erythrocebus |
| Species: | E. patas |
| Binomial name | |
| Erythrocebus patas (Schreber, 1775) | |
| Geographic range (includes E. poliophaeus and E. baumstarki) | |
The common patas monkey (Erythrocebus patas), also known as the hussar monkey, is a ground-dwelling monkey distributed over semi-arid areas of West Africa, and into East Africa.