Allen's swamp monkey
| Allen's swamp monkey | |
|---|---|
| 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) | |
| Allen's swamp monkey range | |
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.
Allen's swamp monkey was named after American zoologist Joel Asaph Allen.
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