Chlorocebus tantalus

(W. Ogilby, 1841)

Tantalus 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

Ogilby, W. 1841-10. The Secretary called the attention of the members to a new species of Monkey, allied to the green Cercopitheci, living at the Society's Menagerie. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1841:33-34.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30679655

Original name as described

Cercopithecus tantalus

Other common names

Budgett's Tantalus · Jebbel Marra Tantalus

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.26.56

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/86415d00-6642-48e2-b876-b793a64d019b https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d190b34b-5e8e-44e3-90d9-47e33d971d7e

Type locality

no type locality.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Mali? · Burkina Faso · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Niger · Nigeria · Cameroon · Chad · Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Sudan · South Sudan · Uganda

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000588

Country distribution map

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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.

Cercopithecus tantalus

(W. Ogilby, 1841)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

tantalus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.26.56

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/86415d00-6642-48e2-b876-b793a64d019b https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d190b34b-5e8e-44e3-90d9-47e33d971d7e

Authority page

33

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30679655

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1855:33, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27344910) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69176)

Chlorocebus tantalus

A. T. de Rochebrune, 1883

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

tantalus

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

  1. Rochebrune (1883:78, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26187531) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43667)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  3. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:672) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  4. Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:271) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136208) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136208) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000588) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136208/17958272) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cercopithecus passargei

(Matschie, 1897)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

passargei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 9101/7727

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

74

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8791234

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Cercopithecus pousarguei

(P. C. Mitchell, 1905)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

pousarguei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31856515

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Cercopithecus tantalus budgetti

(Pocock, 1907)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

budgetti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1903.2.12.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/76efbf4d-e7fe-4c28-9719-d05d05d2aa58 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/96acfa35-1d88-4f5e-9f11-c8582cade4ca

Authority page

733

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31579155

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Cercopithecus tantalus griseistictus

(D. G. Elliot, 1909)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

griseistictus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.7.8.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0b73c679-69d5-4a0f-b517-b2b634a0e792 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/70f6fb83-420e-4d94-ab50-a66b62c8d409

Authority page

259

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097638

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Cercopithecus tantalus alexandri

(Pocock, 1909)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

alexandri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1917.10.15.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7941411b-adba-4b01-90a6-8d0d6ea39fad https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/bfe1fe18-c964-4430-98f3-5da99bf322b0

Authority page

25

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31210508

Authority publication

Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Cercopithecus viridis

(Schultze, 1910)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

viridis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

62

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Cercopithecus (Chlorocebus) cynosurus itimbiriensis

(Dubois & Matschie, 1912)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

itimbiriensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMCA 306

Type kind

holotype

Authority publication

Revue zoologique africaine

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Lasiopyga tantalus alexandri

(D. G. Elliot, 1913)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

alexandri

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 tantalus budgetti

(D. G. Elliot, 1913)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

budgetti

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 tantalus griseisticta

(D. G. Elliot, 1913)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

griseistictus

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 tantalus

(D. G. Elliot, 1913)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

tantalus

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 tantalus beniana

(von Lorenz-Liburnau, 1914)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

benianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

358

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61888421

Authority publication

Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Lasiopyga tantalus graueri

(von Lorenz-Liburnau, 1914)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

graueri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

358

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61888421

Authority publication

Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Cercopithecus tantalus marrensis

(O. Thomas & Hinton, 1923)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

marrensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1923.1.1.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/56840825-a393-4c7c-9015-c735ec3e91a8 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d91e0d58-3c3b-4ad7-aeb5-ecd58a7223fb

Authority page

248

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31551136

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Lasiopyga pygerythra griseisticta

(J. A. Allen, 1925)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

griseistictus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

415

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42949893

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Allen (1925:415, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42949893) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11615)

Cercopithecus aethiops marrensis

(Setzer, 1956)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

marrensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

470

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489076

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

Setzer (1956:470, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489076) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5501)

Cercopithecus aethiops tantalus

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

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

tantalus

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)

Chlorocebus tantalus budgetti

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

budgetti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:672) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Chlorocebus tantalus marrensis

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

marrensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:672) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Chlorocebus tantalus tantalus

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

tantalus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:672) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

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