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MammalMAP:   3850
Province:  
Country:   Angola
Locus:   0913AC
Observer:   Lilje Markus
Date of record:   2011-09-30
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   in the riverside mangroves
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   112980
Species name:   Cercopithecus mitis
Common name:   Blue Monkey -- Diademed Monkey
Family:   Cercopithecidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Blue Monkey race
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MammalMAP-3850
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 3850 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Walter Jubber
Comment:   Cercopithecus mitis mitis. A very diverse group of monkeys, collectively called Gentle monkeys Cercopithecus mitis. Cercopithecus mitis mitis is characterized by diadem being white, and lips, chin and nose with short white hairs. Crown, neck, shoulders and hind limbs black. Back and ventrum dark grey to black. Cercopithecus mitis mitis distribution restricted to coastal Angola.
Date:   2014-11-11 16:28:41
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Megan Lategan
Comment:  
Date:   2015-04-15 11:16:19
Species name:   Cercopithecus mitis -- Blue Monkey; Diademed Monkey
Species code:   112980

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