A Hand-book to the Primates, Volume 2 (of 2)

by Henry O. Forbes

Distribution.—Africa, but the exact habitat is unknown.

Habits.—Unknown.

III. Cercopitheci Erythronoti.

The next three species constitute the red-furred group of Geoffroy and Sclater, being bright rufous above, and white beneath.

XIX. THE PATAS GUENON. CERCOPITHECUS PATAS.

Simia patas, Schreber, Säugeth., i., p. 98, pl. xvi. (1775).

Cercopithecus patas, Erxleb. Syst. Règne An., p. 34 (1777); Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, vii., p. 84 (1876); Scl., P. Z. S., 1893, p. 249.

Simia rubra, Gm., Syst. Nat., i., p. 34 (1788); Fischer, Synops. Mamm., p. 24 (1829).

Cercopithecus ruber, Geoffr., Ann. Mus., xix., p. 96 (1812); id., Dict. d'Hist. Nat., iii., p. 307 (1849); Desmar. Mamm., p. 59 (1820); Martin, Mammif. An., p. 509 (1841, pt.); Wagner, in Schreber, Säugeth. Suppl., v., p. 42 (1855); Scl., P. Z. S., 1874, p. 664.

Le Patas et Le Patas à bandeau noir, F. Cuvier, Hist. Mamm. i., livr. xv. (Avril, 1820).