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Erythrocebus patas (patas monkey)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The patas monkey (Erythrocebus patas), also known as the wadi monkey or hussar monkey, is a ground-dwelling monkey distributed over semi-arid areas of West Africa, and into East Africa. It is the only species classified in the genus Erythrocebus. Recent phylogenetic evidence indicates that it is the closest relative of the vervet monkey (Chlorocebus aethiops), suggesting nomenclatural revision.
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Infraspecies

Erythrocebus patas patas (Western Patas Monkey)
Erythrocebus patas pyrrhonotus (Eastern Patas Monkey)
Erythrocebus patas villiersi

Invasive Species

View ISSG Record: Erythrocebus patas

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
21
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 7.25
EDGE Score: 2.11
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  18.631 lbs (8.451 kg)
Birth Weight [2]  1.113 lbs (505 g)
Female Weight [1]  12.092 lbs (5.485 kg)
Male Weight [1]  25.173 lbs (11.418 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [1]  108.2 %
Diet [3]  Frugivore, Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [3]  40 %
Diet - Plants [3]  40 %
Diet - Seeds [3]  20 %
Forages - Ground [3]  100 %
Female Maturity [2]  2 years 7 months
Male Maturity [2]  3 years 10 months
Gestation [2]  5 months 17 days
Litter Size [2]  1
Litters / Year [2]  1
Maximum Longevity [2]  28 years
Snout to Vent Length [1]  30 inches (77 cm)
Weaning [2]  5 months 12 days

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Prey / Diet

Crematogaster mimosae[4]
Crematogaster nigriceps (Ant)[4]
Ficus glumosa (Mountain fig)[5]
Ficus natalensis (Natal Fig)[5]
Tetraponera penzigi[4]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Entamoeba coli[6]
Pedicinus patas[7]
Taenia hydatigena (thin-necked bladderworm)[8]
Treponema pallidum (Syphilis)[6]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 4Interspecific and Temporal Variation of Ant Species Within Acacia drepanolobium Ant Domatia, a Staple Food of Patas Monkeys (Erythrocebus patas) in Laikipia, Kenya, LYNNE A. ISBELL1 AND TRUMAN P. YOUNG, American Journal of Primatology 69:1387–1398 (2007)
♦ 5"Fig-eating by vertebrate frugivores: a global review", MIKE SHANAHAN, SAMSON SO, STEPHEN G. COMPTON and RICHARD CORLETT, Biol. Rev. (2001), 76, pp. 529–572
♦ 6Nunn, C. L., and S. Altizer. 2005. The Global Mammal Parasite Database: An Online Resource for Infectious Disease Records in Wild Primates. Evolutionary Anthroplogy 14:1-2.
♦ 7Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 8Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0