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Zanzibar Sykes' Monkey - Jozani Forest, Zanzibar, Tanzania
Image by David d'O
5 October 2009 - Jozani Forest (Jozani-Chwaka Bay National Park), Zanzibar, Tanzania.
Sykes' Monkey or White-throated Monkey / Witkeelmeerkat (Cercopithecus albogularis), subspecies: Zanzibar Sykes' Monkey / Zanzibar Witkeelmeerkat (Cercopithecus albogularis albogularis).
It's hard to approach these monkeys. Usually they run off if you come closer than 10 to 20 meters. With patience and carefully not direct approaching (parallel walking) I managed to get up to 1.5 meter from this one.
Subspecies Zanzibar Sykes' Monkey is also known as Cercopithecus mitis albogularis.
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Phylum: Chordata; Vertebrates / Gewervelden
Class: Mammalia; Mammals / Zoogdieren
Order: Primates; Primates / Primaten
Suborder: Haplorrhini; Tarsiers, Monkeys and Apes / Apen en Spookdieren
Infraorder: Simiiformes; Simians / Apen
Parvorder: Catarrhini; Old World Monkeys and Apes / Smalneusapen
Superfamily: Cercopithecoidea; Old World Monkeys / Apen van de Oude Wereld
Family: Cercopithecidae; Old World Monkeys / Apen van de Oude Wereld
Subfamily: Cercopithecinae; Baboons, Macaques and Vervet Monkeys / Meerkatachtigen
Genus: Cercopithecus; Guenon Monkeys / Echte Meerkatten
Species: Cercopithecus albogularis; Sykes' Monkey or White-throated Monkey / Witkeelmeerkat
Subspecies: Cercopithecus albogularis albogularis or Cercopithecus mitis albogularis; Zanzibar Sykes' Monkey / Zanzibar Witkeelmeerkat
