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Chlorocebus tantalus (Tantalus monkey)

Synonyms: Cercopithecus tantalus

Wikipedia Abstract

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. This species has three recognized subspecies: \n* Chlorocebus tantalus tantalus \n* Chlorocebus tantalus budgetti \n* Chlorocebus tantalus marrensis
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Infraspecies

Chlorocebus tantalus budgetti (Budgett's Tantalus)
Chlorocebus tantalus marrensis (Jebbel Marra Tantalus)
Chlorocebus tantalus tantalus (Tantalus Monkey)

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  11.133 lbs (5.05 kg)
Birth Weight [1]  326 grams
Female Weight [1]  9.299 lbs (4.218 kg)
Male Weight [1]  12.968 lbs (5.882 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [1]  39.4 %
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  50 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  20 %
Diet - Plants [2]  30 %
Forages - Scansorial [2]  100 %
Female Maturity [1]  3 years 7 months
Male Maturity [1]  5 years
Gestation [1]  5 months 18 days
Litter Size [1]  1
Litters / Year [1]  1
Maximum Longevity [1]  46 years
Snout to Vent Length [1]  26 inches (66 cm)

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0