Chlorocebus tantalus

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	PRIMATES	CERCOPITHECIDAE

Scientific Name:

Chlorocebus tantalus

Species Authority:

Ogilby, 1841

Common Name/s:

English

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Tantalus Monkey

Synonym/s:

Cercopithecus tantalus Ogilby, 1841

Taxonomic Notes:

Grubb et al. (2003) treated this taxon as a subspecies of C. aethiops, but it is here listed as a distinct species (see C. aethiops for further details). Groves (2005) included this taxon in Chlorocebus and recognized three subspecies: C. t. tantalus; C. t. budgetti; and C. t. marrensis.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2008
Assessor/s:	Kingdon, J. & Gippoliti, S.
Reviewer/s:	Mittermeier, R.A. & Rylands, A.B. (Primate Red List Authority)
Contributor/s:
Justification: Listed as Least Concern as this species is common and widespread with no known major threats.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Ranges east of the Volta River system in Ghana (recorded from Accra Plain and Salaga) to Sudan (Imatong Mountains in the south to Jebel Marra in the north), Uganda, and the Lake Turkana district of Kenya. Recorded up to about 1,900 m asl.
Countries:	Native: Benin; Burkina Faso; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Chad; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Ghana; Kenya; Niger; Nigeria; Sudan; Togo; Uganda
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Population [top]

Population:	Common species, widely distrubuted in appropriate habitat. The population is stable and possibly increasing due to forest clearance providing more suitable habitat.
Population Trend:	Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species is present in savanna, open woodland, and forest-grassland mosaic, especially close to rivers. It is an extremely adaptable species, residing in degraded habitats or forest edges (e.g., in Togo and Bénin; Campbell et al. 2008), and found in both rural and urban environments.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There are no known major threats.

Major Threat(s):

There are no known major threats.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	This species is listed on Appendix II of CITES and on Class B of the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. It is present in many protected areas.

Conservation Actions:

This species is listed on Appendix II of CITES and on Class B of the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. It is present in many protected areas.

Citation:	Kingdon, J. & Gippoliti, S. 2008. Chlorocebus tantalus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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