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29 Jun 2022
Research article |
| 29 Jun 2022
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Mito-phylogenetic relationship of the new subspecies of gentle monkey Cercopithecus mitis manyaraensis, Butynski & De Jong, 2020
Dietmar Zinner
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Cognitive Ethology Laboratory, Deutsches Primatenzentrum, Leibniz
Institute for Primate Research, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
Department of Primate Cognition, Georg-August-University of
Göttingen, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
Leibniz Science Campus Primate Cognition, 37077 Göttingen,
Germany
Sascha Knauf
Work Group Neglected Tropical Diseases, Infection Biology Unit, Deutsches Primatenzentrum, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
Institute of International Animal Health/One Health, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, 17493 Greifswald, Insel Riems, Germany
Idrissa S. Chuma
Tanzania National Parks (Serengeti National Park), Arusha, Tanzania
Thomas M. Butynski
Eastern Africa Primate Diversity and Conservation Program &
Lolldaiga Hills Research Programme, Nanyuki, Kenya
Yvonne A. De Jong
Eastern Africa Primate Diversity and Conservation Program &
Lolldaiga Hills Research Programme, Nanyuki, Kenya
Julius D. Keyyu
Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute, Arusha, Tanzania
Rehema Kaitila
Tanzania National Parks (Lake Manyara National Park), Arusha, Tanzania
Christian Roos
Primate Genetics Laboratory, Deutsches Primatenzentrum, Leibniz
Institute for Primate Research, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
Gene Bank of Primates, Deutsches Primatenzentrum, Leibniz
Institute for Primate Research, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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Short summary
The Manyara monkey was described as a new subspecies of the Cercopithecus mitis species complex in 2020. We sequenced a part of its mitochondrial genome and reconstructed the phylogeny of the mitochondrial lineages. The reconstruction suggests that the Manyara monkey clusters in the youngest of three major C. mitis clades. Our data support the phylogeographic hypothesis of a west-east range expansion of gentle monkeys into eastern and southern Africa.
The Manyara monkey was described as a new subspecies of the Cercopithecus mitis species complex...
