Three Sykes's Monkey<i>Cercopithecus mitis</i>× Vervet Monkey<i>Chlorocebus pygerythrus</i>Hybrids in Kenya

Abstract

Hybridization in the wild between broadly sympatric species has been reported for 13 species of African primates. Three guenons, believed to be Sykes's monkey Cercopithecus mitis vervet monkey Chlorocebus pygerythrus hybrids, are of hybridization between these broadly sympatric species, as well as between these genera. Most of the phenotypic characters of these hybrids are intermediate between the parent species. This paper (1) describes these hybrids and the environments in which genetic barriers and facilitate hybridization; and (6) suggests topics for research on the ecology, behavior, and evolutionary sig