The Palas Monkeys
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Erythrcecbus patas

The Spanish translation for monkey is Chango or Mono

Home:    North Central Africa, Western Ethiopia to Senegal in the woodland margin habitats, steppe and savanna areas

Food:    Grass seeds, new shoots, acacia gums, arthropods, berries, fruit, and tamarind tree beans

Size (length with tail & weight):    2 to 2.5 feet
                                                               approximately 17 pounds

Life Span:    21 years in captivity

Patas Monkey Trivia:

• The Greyhounds of the Monkey Family, the Patas can run at speeds of 35 miles an hour.
  
  
• The cheeks of the Patas Monkey are used for storing food.
  
  
• The Patas Monkeys have 4 fingers and a thumb on each hand.
  
  
• The Patas Monkey uses a variety of grunts and chattering to communicate with their troops of 5 to 74 monkeys.

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Our Meet the Animals section includes research from the following websites:

The Austin Zoo's website:  www.austinzoo.org.

Spanish translations courtesy of the Austin Zoo.

Rolling Hills Refuge Wildlife Conservation Center http://www.rhrwildlife.com/animbot.htm

The Birmingham Zoo  http://www.birminghamzoo.com/

The WWW Virtual Library: Zoos  http://zoonet.home.mindspring.com/www_virtual_lib/zoos.html

Photographs in Our Meet the Animals Section from PrintMaster Platinum v8.0 software.

Research on farm animals came primarily from  http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/

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