Common patas monkey

It has one young per litter and one litter per year after a gestation period of 167.2 days, and reaches sexual maturity at 3.3 years. The IUCN lists it as Near Threatened, which is not a threatened category, and its lifespan is given as 23.9 years, with values up to 28.3 years reported.

Weight

5.49 kg – 11.4 kgsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

23.9 years – 28.3 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Herbivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Gestation

167 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

1src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

2.68 years – 3.83 yearssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

1src for Litters or clutches a year

Active

By day (diurnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The common patas monkey is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderPrimates
5. familyCercopithecidae
6. genusErythrocebus
7. SpeciesErythrocebus patas (Schreber, 1774)

Synonyms Cercopithecus circumcinctus, Cercopithecus kerstingi, Cercopithecus patas albosignatus, Cercopithecus patas poliomystax, Cercopithecus patas sannio, Cercopithecus ruber, Erythrocebus kerstingi, Erythrocebus langheldi, Erythrocebus whitei, Erythrocebus zechi, Simia ruber albo-fasciatus, Simia ruber albofasciatus, Simia ruber nigro-fasciatus, Simia ruber nigrofasciatus, Simia rubra, Simia rufa

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@misc{common_patas_monkey_2026,
  title = {Common patas monkey (Erythrocebus patas)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/common-patas-monkey},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}