- Tantalus Monkey
The Tantalus Monkey ("Chlorocebus tantalus") is an
Old World monkey endemic toGhana ,Sudan , andKenya . It was originally described as a subspecies of theGrivet ("Chlorocebus aethiops"). All species in "Chlorocebus " were formerly in the genus "Cercopithecus ".This species has three recognized subspecies:
*"Chlorocebus tantalus tantalus "
*"Chlorocebus tantalus budgetti "
*"Chlorocebus tantalus marrensis "References
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