Bale Mountains vervet
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| Bale Mountains vervet[1] | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | Cercopithecidae |
| Genus: | Chlorocebus |
| Species: | C. djamdjamensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Chlorocebus djamdjamensis Neumann, 1902 | |
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| Bale Mountains Vervet range | |
The Bale Mountains vervet (Chlorocebus djamdjamensis) is a terrestrial Old World monkey endemic to Ethiopia, found in the bamboo forests of the Bale Mountains.[1][2] It was originally described as a subspecies of the grivet (Chlorocebus aethiops).[1] All species in Chlorocebus were formerly in the genus Cercopithecus.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M, eds. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 159. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Butynski, T. M., Gippoliti, S., Kingdon, J. & De Jong, Y. (2008). Chlorocebus djamdjamensis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
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