Tantalus monkey

Tantalus monkey[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Chlorocebus
Species: C. tantalus
Binomial name
Chlorocebus tantalus
Ogilby, 1841
Geographic range

The Tantalus monkey (Chlorocebus tantalus) is an Old World monkey endemic to Ghana, Sudan, and Kenya.[1] It was originally described as a subspecies of the grivet (Chlorocebus aethiops).[1] All species in Chlorocebus were formerly in the genus Cercopithecus.[1]

This species has three recognized subspecies:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Groves, C. (2005). Wilson, D. E., & Reeder, D. M, eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 160. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=12100515. 
  2. ^ Kingdon, J. & Gippoliti, S. (2008). Chlorocebus tantalus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 January 2009.