Tantalus Monkey
Chlorocebus tantalus
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 683
- Most observed in
- 🇧🇯 Benin
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The tantalus monkey (Chlorocebus tantalus) is an Old World monkey from Africa that ranges from Ghana to Sudan. It was originally described as a subspecies of the grivet (Chlorocebus aethiops). All species in Chlorocebus were formerly in the genus Cercopithecus. 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".
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Tantalus monkey”.