Chlorocebus

Chlorocebus aethiops, type species

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cercopithecoidea

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Familia: Cercopithecidae
Subfamilia: Cercopithecinae
Tribus: Cercopithecini
Genus: Chlorocebus
Species: C. aethiops - C. cynosuros - C. djamdjamensis - C. pygerythrus - C. sabaeus - C. tantalus

Name

Chlorocebus, Gray, 1870

Type species: Simia sabaea Linnaeus, 1766 (= Simia aethiops Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms

• Callithrix Reichenbach, 1862 [not of Erxleben, 1777]
• Cynocebus Gray, 1870

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Blauaap
Deutsch: Grüne Meerkatze
English: Vervet Monkeys, Green monkeys
Français: Vervet
Nederlands: Groene meerkatten
Türkçe: Yeşil uzun kuyruklu maymun

References

• Chlorocebus in Mammal Species of the World.
  Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (eds) (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed).