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{{Short description|Species of Old World monkey}}
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| name = Tantalus monkey<ref name=msw3>{{MSW3 Primates|pages=159-160|id=12100515}}</ref>
| name = Tantalus monkey<ref name=msw3>{{MSW3 Primates|pages=159–160|id=12100515}}</ref>
| image = Chlorocebus tantalus.png
| image = Chlorocebus tantalus.png
| status = LC
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{Cite journal | author = Kingdon, J. | author2 = Gippoliti, S. | last-author-amp = yes | title = ''Chlorocebus tantalus'' | journal = [[The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]] | volume = 2008 | page = e.T136208A4259825 | publisher = [[IUCN]] | date = 2008 | url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/136208/0 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T136208A4259825.en | access-date = 13 January 2018}}</ref>
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Wallis, J. |date=2020 |title=''Chlorocebus tantalus'' |volume=2020 |page=e.T136208A17958272 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T136208A17958272.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref>
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| genus = Chlorocebus
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| species = tantalus
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
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| authority = ([[William Ogilby|Ogilby]], 1841)<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021" />
| classis = [[Mammal]]ia
| range_map = Tantalus Monkey area.png
| ordo = [[Primate]]s
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| range_map_caption = Geographic range map
| familia = [[Cercopithecidae]]
| genus = ''[[Chlorocebus]]''
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| species = '''''C. tantalus'''''
| binomial = ''Chlorocebus tantalus''
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| binomial_authority = ([[William Ogilby|Ogilby]], 1841)<ref name=iucn />
| range_map = Chlorocebus tantalus distribution.svg
| range_map_width = 200px
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| range_map_caption = Geographic range
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The '''tantalus monkey''' (''Chlorocebus tantalus'') is an [[Old World monkey]] from Africa that ranges from [[Ghana]] to [[Sudan]].<ref name=msw3/> It was originally described as a subspecies of the [[grivet]] (''Chlorocebus aethiops'').<ref name=msw3/> All species in ''[[Chlorocebus]]'' were formerly in the genus ''[[Cercopithecus]]''.<ref name=msw3/> It is a common species with a wide range, and the [[International Union for Conservation of Nature]] has rated its conservation status as being of "[[Least-concern species|least concern]]".<ref name=iucn/>
The '''tantalus monkey''' ('''''Chlorocebus tantalus''''') is an [[Old World monkey]] from Africa that ranges from [[Ghana]] to [[Sudan]].<ref name=msw3/> It was originally described as a subspecies of the [[grivet]] (''Chlorocebus aethiops'').<ref name=msw3/> All species in ''[[Chlorocebus]]'' were formerly in the genus ''[[Cercopithecus]]''.<ref name=msw3/> It is a common species with a wide range, and the [[International Union for Conservation of Nature]] has rated its conservation status as being of "[[Least-concern species|least concern]]".<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021" />


==Subspecies==
This species has three recognized subspecies:<ref name=msw3/>
This species has three recognized subspecies:<ref name=msw3/>
*''C. t. tantalus''
*''C. t. tantalus''
*''C. t. budgetti''
*''C. t. budgetti''
*''C. t. marrensis''
*''C. t. marrensis''
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[[File:Budgett's Tantalus Monkey (Chlorocebus tantalus budgetti) male eating jackfruit (17542356113).jpg|thumb|Male ''C. t. budgetti'' eating [[jackfruit]]]]


==Description==
==Description==
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[[File:Budgett's Tantalus Monkey (Chlorocebus tantalus budgetti) male eating jackfruit (17542356113).jpg|left|thumb|Male ''C. t. budgetti'' eating [[jackfruit]]]]
A medium-sized species, the tantalus monkey has a black face and a long tail. There is a distinctive undulating white or yellowish browband above the eyes. The cheeks and temples are white, the long hairs being swept backwards and often covering the ears in older individuals. The crown and dorsal surface of the body is grizzled and greenish or golden. The underparts are white and the tail and outer surfaces of the limbs grey. The tail may have a whitish tip. The male is larger than the female and has a bright blue scrotum surrounded by orange hairs.<ref name=Kingdon>{{cite book|author1=Jonathan Kingdon|author2=David Happold|author3=Thomas Butynski|author4=Michael Hoffmann, Meredith Happold, Jan Kalina|title=Mammals of Africa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B_07noCPc4kC&pg=RA1-PA271 |year=2013 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-1-4081-8996-2 |pages=271–273}}</ref>
A medium-sized species, the tantalus monkey has a black face and a long tail. There is a distinctive undulating white or yellowish browband above the eyes. The cheeks and temples are white, the long hairs being swept backwards and often covering the ears in older individuals. The crown and dorsal surface of the body is grizzled and greenish or golden. The underparts are white and the tail and outer surfaces of the limbs grey. The tail may have a whitish tip. The male is larger than the female and has a bright blue scrotum surrounded by orange hairs.<ref name=Kingdon>{{cite book|author1=Jonathan Kingdon|author2=David Happold|author3=Thomas Butynski|author4=Michael Hoffmann|author5=Meredith Happold|author6=Jan Kalina|title=Mammals of Africa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B_07noCPc4kC&pg=RA1-PA271 |year=2013 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-1-4081-8996-2 |pages=271–273}}</ref>


==Distribution and habitat==
==Distribution and habitat==
This monkey is found in tropical central Africa. Its native range includes Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Niger, Nigeria, South Sudan, Sudan, Togo and Uganda. It is an adaptable species able to inhabit open woodland, [[savanna]]h, forest-grassland mosaic and riverside forest. It is at home in secondary forest and rural and urban locations.<ref name=iucn/>
This monkey is found in tropical central Africa. Its native range includes Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Niger, Nigeria, South Sudan, Sudan, Togo and Uganda. It is an adaptable species able to inhabit open woodland, [[savanna]]h, forest-grassland mosaic and riverside forest. It is at home in secondary forest and rural and urban locations.<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021" />


==Ecology==
==Ecology==
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Tantalus monkey[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Chlorocebus
Species:
C. tantalus
Binomial name
Chlorocebus tantalus
(Ogilby, 1841)[2]
Geographic range map

The tantalus monkey (Chlorocebus tantalus) is an Old World monkey from Africa that ranges from Ghana to Sudan.[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] It is a common species with a wide range, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being of "least concern".[2]

Subspecies

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This species has three recognized subspecies:[1]

  • C. t. tantalus
  • C. t. budgetti
  • C. t. marrensis

Description

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Male C. t. budgetti eating jackfruit

A medium-sized species, the tantalus monkey has a black face and a long tail. There is a distinctive undulating white or yellowish browband above the eyes. The cheeks and temples are white, the long hairs being swept backwards and often covering the ears in older individuals. The crown and dorsal surface of the body is grizzled and greenish or golden. The underparts are white and the tail and outer surfaces of the limbs grey. The tail may have a whitish tip. The male is larger than the female and has a bright blue scrotum surrounded by orange hairs.[3]

Distribution and habitat

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This monkey is found in tropical central Africa. Its native range includes Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Niger, Nigeria, South Sudan, Sudan, Togo and Uganda. It is an adaptable species able to inhabit open woodland, savannah, forest-grassland mosaic and riverside forest. It is at home in secondary forest and rural and urban locations.[2]

Ecology

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Tantalus monkeys live in troops averaging about thirty individuals, with up to ten adult males and eighteen adult females, and varying numbers of juveniles and young. Some adult males move about singly. There is a social hierarchy within the group. These monkeys are demi-terrestrial and spend much of their time on the ground. The troop maintains a territory, defending it with vocalizations and threats, but some groups are less aggressive than others and share part of their territory with a neighbouring troop. Breeding takes place at different times of year in different parts of the range. A single offspring is the norm, with females giving birth for the first time when about five years old.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Groves, C. P. (2005). "Order Primates". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 159–160. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ a b c d Wallis, J. (2020). "Chlorocebus tantalus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T136208A17958272. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T136208A17958272.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b Jonathan Kingdon; David Happold; Thomas Butynski; Michael Hoffmann; Meredith Happold; Jan Kalina (2013). Mammals of Africa. A&C Black. pp. 271–273. ISBN 978-1-4081-8996-2.
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