Tantalus monkey

Tantalus monkey[1]
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[2]
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]

• Chlorocebus tantalus tantalus
• Chlorocebus tantalus budgetti
• Chlorocebus tantalus marrensis

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.

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