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Cercopithecus sabaeus (green monkey)

Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae

Taxonomy
Simia sabaea was named by Linnaeus (1766). It is extant.

It was recombined as Cercopithecus sabaeus by Owen (1853); it was recombined as Chlorocebus sabaeus by Linnaeus (1766) and Wilson and Reeder (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1766Chlorocebus sabaeus Linnaeus
1853Cercopithecus sabaeus Owen p. 753
2005Chlorocebus sabaeus Wilson and Reeder

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
infraorderHaplorhini(Pocock 1918)
—Anthropoidea(Mivart 1864)
infraorderCatarrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
superfamilyCercopithecoidea
familyCercopithecidae
subfamilyCercopithecinae
tribeCercopitheciniGray 1825
genusCercopithecus(Linnaeus 1758)
speciessabaeus(Linnaeus 1766)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Cercopithecus sabaeus Linnaeus 1766 [green monkey]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available