Sykes' monkey
| Sykes' monkey | |
|---|---|
| Cercopithecus mitis erythrarchus, Mount Sheba, South Africa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Cercopithecidae |
| Genus: | Cercopithecus |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | C. m. albogularis |
| Trinomial name | |
| Cercopithecus mitis albogularis (Sykes, 1831) | |
Sykes' monkey (Cercopithecus mitis albogularis), also known as the white-throated monkey or Samango monkey, is a subspecies of the blue monkey. 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.