Silver monkey | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Family: | Cercopithecidae |
Genus: | Cercopithecus |
Species: | C. doggetti |
Binomial name | |
Cercopithecus doggetti Pocock, 1907 |
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Synonyms | |
sibatoi (Lorenz, 1913) |
sibatoi (Lorenz, 1913)
The silver monkey (Cercopithecus doggetti) is a species of Old World monkey found primarily in East Africa. Its range includes Burundi, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The silver monkey was previously considered a subspecies of the blue monkey (Cercopithecus mitis).