Blue monkey
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The blue monkey or diademed monkey (Cercopithecus mitis) is a species of Old World monkey[3][4] native to Central and East Africa, ranging from the upper Congo River basin east to the East African Rift and south to northern Angola and Zambia. It sometimes includes Sykes', silver, and golden monkeys as subspecies.[1]
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Blue monkey[1] | |
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C. m. stuhlmanni Kakamega Forest, Kenya | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Cercopithecidae |
Genus: | Cercopithecus |
Species: | C. mitis |
Binomial name | |
Cercopithecus mitis Wolf, 1822 | |
Subspecies | |
6, see text | |
Range (note: includes ranges of closely related Sykes', silver, and golden monkeys) |
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