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/30679655Original 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-44e3-90d9-47e33d971d7eType 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
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