Chlorocebus sabaeus (Linnaeus 1766) [Simia] sabaea Linnaeus 1766, Syst. Nat., 12th ed., Vol. 1: 38. Type Locality: Cape Verde Isls. Vernacular Names: Green Monkey. Synonyms: Chlorocebus callitrichus (I. Geoffroy 1851); Chlorocebus chrysurus (Blyth 1845); Chlorocebus werneri (I. Geoffroy 1850). Distribution: Senegal to the Volta River; introduced to Cape Verde Isls and to St. Kitts, Nevis, and Barbados (West Indies). Conservation: CITES – Appendix II. Discussion: Separated from aethiops as a full species by Kingdon (1997) and Groves (2001 c ). Napier (1981) regarded chrysurus (usually placed in synonymy of C. tantalus ) as a synonym of sabaeus . ; Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Primates, pp. 111-184 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 159, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519