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The blue monkey or diademed monkey (''Cercopithecus mitis'') is a species of Old World monkey〔Hutchins, M., Kleiman, G.D., Geist, V., McDada, M.C. 2004. Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia. 14:2. Gale Group.〕 native to Central and East Africa, ranging from the upper Congo River basin east to the East African Rift and south to northern Angola and Zambia. It sometimes includes the Sykes', silver, and golden monkey as subspecies.〔 ==Subspecies== Several subspecies are recognised:〔 * ''Cercopithecus mitis mitis'' – Pluto monkey, found in Angola * ''Cercopithecus mitis heymansi'' – Lomami river blue monkey, found in Congo * ''Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni'' – Stuhlmann's blue monkey * ''Cercopithecus mitis elgonis'' – Elgon blue monkey * ''Cercopithecus mitis botourlinii'' * ''Cercopithecus mitis opitsthosticus'' * ''Cercopithecus mitis schoutedeni'' – Schouteden's blue monkey, found in Congo At times some of these have been regarded as full species, additional subspecies have been considered valid, while others are not recognized by all authorities. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Blue monkey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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