Silver monkey
Subspecies of Old World monkey
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The silver monkey (Cercopithecus mitis doggetti) is a subspecies of the blue monkey (Cercopithecus mitis).[2] It is an Old World monkey found primarily in East Africa. Its range includes Burundi, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1] It was previously listed as a full species.[1] The subspecies name commemorates the naturalist and collector Walter Grimwood Doggett.[citation needed]
| Silver monkey[1] | |
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| Silver monkey perched in a tree | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Family: | Cercopithecidae |
| Genus: | Cercopithecus |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | C. m. doggetti |
| Trinomial name | |
| Cercopithecus mitis doggetti Pocock, 1907 | |
| Synonyms | |
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sibatoi (Lorenz, 1913) | |
