Pictures and facts about the Patas monkey

Patas monkey

Order : Primates
Family : Cercopithecidae
Subfamily : Cercopithecinae
Species : Erythrocebus patas

Monkeys are regarded as very skillful and agile when it comes to climbing trees, but being very fast runners surely is not one of their main characteristics. But - as always - there are exceptions from the rule in this case too. One of these exceptions is the Patas monkey (Erythrocebus patas), the speed-record-holder among all apes. It reaches speeds of more than 50 km/h in not more than three seconds. Patas monkeys are related to guenons. They have long and strong legs and relatively short feet and toes - characteristics, which identify them as fast sprinters. Climbing trees is not their ambition - they are adapted to living on the ground. The Patas monkeys' favourite habitats are the African savannas south of the Sahara, dominated by grasslands and areas of acacia bushes, where hardly any trees can be found.

Facts about the patas monkey

Patas monkeys are reddish tan in color with very expressive, whiskered faces.

The Patas Monkey (Erythrocebus patas) is a ground-dwelling monkey distributed over West Africa.

The patas monkey is the world's fastest primate.

The Patas Monkey (Erythrocebus patas) is a ground-dwelling monkey (Full text)

Patas monkeys are awesome because they look like Fred Mac Murray. (Full text)

Erythrocebus Patas is a shy, elusive monkey living in savannas from Sengal to Ethiopia and south to Tanzania (Nowak 1991). (Full text)

Overall, the Patas monkey is a shy animal, living in groups, either of the heterosexual group or all-male group, and lives a fairly simple existence of roaming the savannas, searching for the food that sustains them and helps them continue their daily roams. (Full text)

Patas monkeys are related to guenons. (Full text)

The patas monkey is a ground-living species inhabiting sub-Saharan Savannah and (Full text)

Patas monkeys are quadrupedal and are considered to be the fastest primate, running at speeds of 55km/hr. (Full text)

Red Patas monkeys are to be found around the crop growing and savanna (Full text)

Background: Patas Monkey Erythrocebus patas, the patas monkey, is also called the Military monkey, Sergeant-Major monkey and Hussar monkey. (Full text)

Patas monkeys are very intelligent, and can survive on their own by eating vegetation, insects, and perhaps food left on the ground, Chan said. (Full text)

Distinguishing Characteristics Patas monkeys are large and have long slender limbs. (Full text)

The elusive patas monkeys are the daredivels and vanishing artists of Abuko. (Full text)

The Patas Monkey is found in the savannah of northern equatorial Africa from Senegal to Kenya. (Full text)

patas monkey is the fastest primate on the planet. (Full text)

patas Binomial name Erythrocebus patas Schreber, 1775 The Patas Monkey (Erythrocebus patas) is a ground-dwelling monkey distributed over West Africa. (Full text)

The Nisnas has a white nose, while the nose of the Common Patas Monkey is black. (Full text)

The patas monkey is predominately terrestrial, adapted for life in (Full text)

Patas monkey Erythrocebus patas is also present. (Full text)

The home range of the Patas Monkey is the largest known for any nonhuman primate: up to 30 square miles. (Full text)