Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Dutch:
Dwergmeerkat
Common Names in English:
Southern Talapoin Monkey, talapoin, Talapoin Monkey
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology:
This is a strictly riverine
species that is limited to dense evergreen
vegetation on the banks of rivers
that often flow
through Miombo
(Brachystegia) woodland or, increasingly, cultivated areas. The home
ranges
of this species are likely to be larger, and densities lower,
than is the case with M.
ogouensis because forest
strips
are narrower and resources
scarcer. Climatic fluctuations have likely
reinforced this species' primary
adaptation to 'strip living'. Longer
dry seasons
and less extensive flooding under generally cooler and
drier climates may have favoured more terrestrial
habits than are
apparent in M. ogouensis. It mainly feeds
on fruits, but
also on seeds, young foliage
, and invertebrates
.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.8 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Swamp
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls ) [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
)
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
)
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
)
- Cuvier, 1812
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
)
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
)
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
)
- (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
)
- (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
)
- McKenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
)
- McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
)
- McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
)
- (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
)
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
)
- (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
)
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
)
- (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Archonta
(
)
- (Gregory, 1910) McKenna, 1975
- Order:
Primates
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Suborder:
Haplorrhini
(
)
- Pocock, 1918
- Infraorder:
Simiiformes
(
)
- Haeckel, 1866
- Parvorder:
Catarrhini
(
)
- . Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812
- Series:
EP (
)
- Superfamily:
Cercopithecoidea
(
)
- (Gray, 1821) Gregory & Hellman, 1923
- Family:
Cercopithecidae
(
)
- Gray, 1821
- Subfamily:
Cercopithecinae
(
)
- Tribe:
Cercopithecini
(
)
- Genus:
Miopithecus
(
)
- I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1842
- Specific name:
talapoin
- (Schreber, 1774)
- Scientific name: - Miopithecus talapoin (von Schreber, 1774) (Schreber, 1774)
- Specific name:
talapoin
- (Schreber, 1774)
- Genus:
Miopithecus
(
- Tribe:
Cercopithecini
(
- Subfamily:
Cercopithecinae
(
- Family:
Cercopithecidae
(
- Superfamily:
Cercopithecoidea
(
- Series:
EP (
- Parvorder:
Catarrhini
(
- Infraorder:
Simiiformes
(
- Suborder:
Haplorrhini
(
- Order:
Primates
(
- Grandorder:
Archonta
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Miopithecus talapoin ssp. ansorgei • Miopithecus talapoin ssp. vleeschouwersi
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 30-Jul-2002
Similar Species
Members of the genus Miopithecus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:
M. ogouensis (Northern Talapoin Monkey) · M. talapoin (Southern Talapoin Monkey)
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Further Reading
- A hand-book to the primates / by Henry O. Forbes. London: E. Lloyd, 1896-1897. url p. 82.
- A review of the primates / by Daniel Giraud Elliot. New York, U.S.A.: American Museum of Natural History, 1912 [i.e. 1913]. url , , , , , , , p. 1, p. 2.
- Advances in the study of mammalian behavior / edited by John F. Eisenberg and Devra G. Kleiman. [Stillwater, Okla.]: American Society of Mammalogists; 1983. url p. 106, p. 288, p. 332, p. 752.
- Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, -1965. url p. 97.
- Biosphere Reserves, Compilation 4, October 1986: programme on man and the biosphere (MAB) IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre url p. 93.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 83 1939 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 713.
- Catalogue of monkeys, lemurs, and fruit-eating bats in the. .. Museum / by. .. J.E. Gray London, 1870. url p. 20.
- Checklist of CITES Species CITES, WCMC url p. 124.
- Checklist of CITES Species: a reference to the appendices to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CITES url p. 170, p. 223, p. 93, p. 133.
- Checklist of mammals listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 32, p. 26.
- Ecologically sensitive sites in Africa / Washington, DC, USA: World Bank, 1993. url p. 89.
- IUCN Directory of Afrotropical Protected Areas IUCN, UNEP url p. 10, p. 1025, p. 90.
- Mangroves of Western and Central Africa. UNEP-WCMC Biodiversity Series 26 UNEP-WCMC, UNEP url p. 81.
- Postilla. 1974 New Haven, Conn.: Peabody Museum of Natural History, [1950?]-c2004. url p. 9.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 29.
- Report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. .. [Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution], 1848-1932. url p. 97.
- The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology being a continuation of the Annals combined with Loudon and Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History. London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd. url p. 406, p. 406.
- The Ecology of arboreal folivores: a symposium held at the Conservation and Research Center, National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, May 29-31, 1975 / Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1978. url p. 178, p. 179, p. 181, p. 382.
- The geographical and geological distribution of animals / New York: D. Appleton, 1901, c1886. url .
- The standard natural history / edited by John Sterling Kingsley. Boston: S.E. Cassino, 1884-85. url p. 519.
- Tulane studies in zoology. 14 1967 New Orleans: Tulane University, 1953-1968. url figs. 3-5, page 105, figs. 6-8, page 106, fig. 9, page 108.
- World Checklist of Threatened Mammals JNCC url p. 33.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Butynski, T. & Members of the Primate Specialist Group 2000. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
- Butynski, T. and Members of the Primate Specialist Group 2000. Miopithecus talapoin. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 12, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Oates, J.F. & Groves, C.P. 2008. Miopithecus talapoin. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 02February2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 12, 2008:
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
- University of Alaska Museum of the North: MSB Mammals Specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-573032
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13837206
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 573032
- IUCN ID: 223893
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 6410
Footnotes
- Oates, J.F. & Groves, C.P. 2008. Miopithecus talapoin. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 02 February 2012. [back]
