Allen's swamp monkey
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The Allen's swamp monkey (Allenopithecus nigroviridis) is a species of Old World monkey and the only member of the genus Allenopithecus. Phylogenetically, it is a sister clade to the guenons, but differs in dentition and habits.
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Allen's swamp monkey[1] | |
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At the Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Cercopithecidae |
Subfamily: | Cercopithecinae |
Tribe: | Cercopithecini |
Genus: | Allenopithecus Lang, 1923 |
Species: | A. nigroviridis |
Binomial name | |
Allenopithecus nigroviridis (Pocock, 1907) | |
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Allen's swamp monkey was named after American zoologist Joel Asaph Allen.[3]