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MammalMAP:   7847
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2930AD
Observer:   Everard D.A.; S. van Zyl
Date of record:   2013-09-13
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Saw and heard Samangoes in the vicinity while setting up camera trap
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   217940
Species name:   Cercopithecus albogularis labiatus
Common name:   Samango Monkey (subsp. labiatus)
Family:   Cercopithecidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Samango Monkey
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MammalMAP-7847
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 7847 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Megan Loftie-Eaton
Comment:  
Date:   2013-11-19 18:05:53
Species name:   Cercopithecus albogularis labiatus -- Samango Monkey (subsp. labiatus)
Species code:   217940
Comment number:   2
By:   Yvette Ehlers-Smith
Comment:   This is a very blurry photo, but the face is black (which is characteristic of vervets) and the tail is the same colour of the body. I am not convinced by this photo.
Date:   2015-06-04 11:24:13
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   3
By:   Ashwell Glasson
Comment:   At enlargement its body shape, a more grey face at adult size is highly suggestive of a Samango/Sykes Monkey.
Date:   2016-05-22 11:32:51
Species name:   Cercopithecus albogularis labiatus -- Samango Monkey (subsp. labiatus)
Species code:   217940

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