Where does the patas monkey live?
Erythrocebus patas has 3,358 records in 30 countries and territories, from 1879 to 2026. Most records come from Benin.
- 3,358 records
- 30 places
- 66 years recorded
- Mammalia class
AnimaliaChordataMammaliaPrimatesCercopithecidaeErythrocebus
When it is recorded
JFMAMJJASOND
Peak month: May. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.
Records over time
18792026
Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.
Where it is recorded
| Place | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1,765 | |
| Senegal | 533 | |
| Uganda | 337 | |
| Gambia | 230 | |
| Ghana | 101 | |
| Niger | 79 | |
| Burkina Faso | 34 | |
| Nigeria | 32 | |
| Chad | 30 | |
| Central African Republic | 25 | |
| Mauritania | 24 | |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 22 | |
| United States | 20 | |
| Guinea | 19 | |
| Guinea-Bissau | 18 | |
| South Sudan | 17 | |
| Cameroon | 12 | |
| DR Congo | 11 | |
| Kenya | 11 | |
| Sudan | 9 | |
| Ethiopia | 7 | |
| Mali | 7 | |
| Sierra Leone | 5 | |
| Togo | 3 | |
| Tanzania | 2 | |
| Germany | 1 | |
| Georgia | 1 | |
| Japan | 1 | |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | |
| Sweden | 1 |
Related animals
Others in the family Cercopithecidae.
crab eating macaque
19,428 records
olive baboon
8,378 records
Barbary macaque
3,042 records
vervet monkey
1,787 records
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.