Sykes' monkey

Not to be confused with White-throated guenon.

Sykes' monkey (Cercopithecus mitis albogularis), also known as the white-throated monkey or Samango monkey, is a subspecies of the blue monkey.^[2] 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.^[3]

Sykes' monkey[1]
Cercopithecus mitis erythrarchus, Mount Sheba, South Africa
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	Cercopithecidae
Genus:	Cercopithecus
Species:	C. mitis
Subspecies:	C. m. albogularis
Trinomial name
Cercopithecus mitis albogularis (Sykes, 1831)

Subspecies

Sykes' monkey was previous considered a species on its own.^[1] When it was, it had 12 subspecies:^[1]

• C. a. albogularis – Zanzibar Sykes' monkey
• C. a. albotorquatus – Pousargues' Sykes' monkey
• C. a. erythrarchus – white-throated guenon or Samango monkey
• C. a. francescae
• C. a. kibonotensis
• C. a. kolbi – Mount Kenya Sykes' monkey
• C. a. labiatus – White-lipped monkey or Samango monkey
• C. a. moloneyi
• C. a. monoides
• C. a. phylax
• C. a. schwarzi
• C. a. zammaranoi – Zammarano's white-throated guenon