Gabon Talapoin

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Gabon Talapoin[1]
Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Miopithecus
Species: M. ogouensis
Binomial name
Miopithecus ogouensis
Kingdon, 1997

The Gabon Talapoin (Miopithecus ogouensis) is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family. It is found in Cameroon (south of the Sanaga River), Río Muni and Gabon.

Only recently has the Gabon Talapoin been distinguished as a separate species from the Angolan Talapoin.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 165-166. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
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