#0525 · 🦊 mammals

Patas Monkey

🇳🇱 Huzaaraap ·Erythrocebus patas

NTnear threatened 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

what is it?

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.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,641iNaturalist observations
threat NTnear threatened

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
1,641 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber in 1774 (252 years ago).