Bale Mountains vervet
| Bale Mountains vervet[1] | |
|---|---|
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| A Bale Mountains vervet, Chlorocebus djamdjamensis, near Rira, Ethiopia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Cercopithecidae |
| Genus: | Chlorocebus |
| Species: | C. djamdjamensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Chlorocebus djamdjamensis Neumann, 1902 | |
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| Bale Mountains vervet range | |
The Bale Mountains vervet (Chlorocebus djamdjamensis) is a terrestrial Old World monkey endemic to Ethiopia, found in the bamboo forests of the Bale Mountains.[1][2] It was originally described as a subspecies of the grivet (Chlorocebus aethiops).[1] All species in Chlorocebus were formerly in the genus Cercopithecus.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Groves, C.P. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 159. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- 1 2 Butynski, T. M.; Gippoliti, S.; Kingdon, J. & De Jong, Y. (2008). "Chlorocebus djamdjamensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T4240A10699069. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T4240A10699069.en. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
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