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MammalMAP:   38596
Province:   Bengo
Country:   Angola
Locus:   0913AC
Observer:   Booysen M.
Date of record:   2021-11-26
Number of photos:   3
Notes:  
Last updated:   2021-12-07 18:23:47
Sp. code:   112980
Species name:   Cercopithecus mitis
Common name:   Blue Monkey -- Diademed Monkey
Family:   Cercopithecidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Pluto Blue Monkey
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MammalMAP-38596
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 38596 - photo: 1
VM-number: 38596 - photo: 2
VM-number: 38596 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   The Pluto (Blue) Monkey is at present not a separate specie and still falls in the Cercopithecus (nictitans) mitis "cluster".
Date:   2021-12-07 18:23:47
Species name:   Cercopithecus mitis -- Blue Monkey; Diademed Monkey
Species code:   112980

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