Chlorocebus sabaeus

(Linnaeus, 1766)

Green Monkey

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Primates
Suborder : Haplorhini
Infraorder : Simiiformes
Parvorder : Catarrhini
Superfamily : Cercopithecoidea
Family : Cercopithecidae
Subfamily : Cercopithecinae
Tribe : Cercopithecini
Genus : Chlorocebus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Linnaeus, C. 1766. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Duodecima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 532 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946234

Original name as described

Simia Sabæa

Other common names

Callithrix Monkey · Grass Monkey · Mangrove Monkey

Type locality

"Cape Verde Islands," probably Senegal.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Mauritania · Senegal · Gambia · Mali · Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Burkina Faso · Ghana

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000587

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Simia Sabæa

(Linnaeus, 1766)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

sabaeus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

38

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946234

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Linnaeus (1766:38, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946234) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38438)
  2. Boddaert (1772:10, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43563382) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67754)
  3. Gmelin (1788:32, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751233) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  4. Cuvier (1797:98, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
  5. Audebert (1799:@fam. 4 sec. 2 p. 7, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58948777) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68277)
  6. Shaw (1800:42, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150681) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37615)
  7. Turton (1802:14, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772851) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  8. Goldfuss (1809:59, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497840) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  9. Thunberg (1811:301, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11767795) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64194)
  10. Griffith (1821:70) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68343)
  11. Fischer (1829:21) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

Cercopithecus Sabaea

(Erxleben, 1777)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

sabaeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

33

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872830

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:33, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872830) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Zimmermann (1783:170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  3. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:20) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)

Simia Sabea

(Boddaert, 1785)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

sabea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

59

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230023

Authority publication

Rotterdam

Name usages

Boddaert (1785:59, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230023) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)

Simia Cercopithecus sabæus

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

sabaeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

66

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664084

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Kerr (1792:66, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664084) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)

Cercopithecus Sabæus

(Daudin, 1802)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

sabaeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

146

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033396

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Daudin (1802:146, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033396) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  2. Voigt (1819:407) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69477)
  3. Muirhead (1819:402) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
  4. Muirhead (1819:402) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
  5. Ranzani (1820:121, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27804519) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69437)
  6. Desmarest (1821:61, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523825) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
  7. Schinz (1821:106, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528863) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  8. Eichwald (1831:387, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35753052) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67585)
  9. Cuvier (1842:1, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  10. Lesson (1842:4) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  11. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1855:32, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27344909) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69176)
  12. Blyth (1863:10, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534730) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  13. Murray (1866:321, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  14. Schlegel (1876:74, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14895139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67480)
  15. Allen (1911:252, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2815336) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67867)

Cercocebus sabæus

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

sabaeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

98

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499292

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1812:98, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499292) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17666)

Pithecus Sabæus

(de Blainville, 1839)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

sabaeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

45

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57990965

Authority publication

Ostéographie

Name usages

Blainville (1839:45, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57990965) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37118)

Cercopithecus chrysurus

(E. Blyth, 1844)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

chrysurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

477

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40057304

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

  1. Blyth (1844:477, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40057304) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68447)
  2. Blyth (1845:461, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18664340) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20285)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Cercopithecus callitrichus

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1851)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

callitrichus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-2005-977 (= MNHN Galerie 193)

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2005-977

Authority page

23

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54184689

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Sclater (1872:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037763) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
  2. Allen & Coolidge (1930:587, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61248235) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68614)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Cercopithecus Werneri

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1851)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

werneri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-2005-979 (= MNHN Galerie 196)

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2005-979

Authority page

874

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1225274

Authority publication

Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences

Name usages

  1. Murray (1866:321, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Chlorocebus sabæus

J. E. Gray, 1871

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

sabaeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

25

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994519

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

  1. Gray (1871:25, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994519) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  3. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:673) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  4. Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:274) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136265) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136265) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000587) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136265/17958099) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cercopithecus callithrichus

(Schlegel, 1876)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

callithrichus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

73

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14895138

Authority publication

Muséum d'histoire naturelle des Pays-Bas

Name usages

Schlegel (1876:73, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14895138) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67480)

Chlorocebus callitrichus

A. T. de Rochebrune, 1883

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

callitrichus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

78

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26187531

Authority publication

Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux

Name usages

Rochebrune (1883:78, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26187531) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43667)

Lasiopyga callitrichus

(D. G. Elliot, 1913)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

callitrichus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

lx

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602354

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Elliot (1913:lx, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602354) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)

Lasiopyga werneri

(D. G. Elliot, 1913)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

werneri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

lx

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602354

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Elliot (1913:lx, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602354) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)

Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus

(Grubb, Butynski, J. F. Oates, Bearder, Disotell, Groves, & Struhsaker, 2003)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

sabaeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

1329

Authority publication

International Journal of Primatology

Name usages

Grubb, Butynski, Oates, Bearder, Disotell, Groves & Struhsaker (2003:1329) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4919)

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