Concept information
Preferred term
Chlorocebus aethiops
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- African Green Monkey
- Cercopithecus aethiops
- Cercopithecus griseoviridis
- Cercopithecus griseus
- Green Monkey, African
- Lasiopyga weidholzi
- Monkey, Savanah
- Savanah Monkey
Note
- NIM when experimental animal; diseases: coordinate with MONKEY DISEASES
Scope note
- A species of CERCOPITHECUS containing three subspecies: C. tantalus, C. pygerythrus, and C. sabeus. They are found in the forests and savannah of Africa. The African green monkey is the natural host of SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS and is used in AIDS research.
History note
- 2020(1981); see under CERCOPITHECUS 1981-1990; for CERCOPITHECUS PYGERYTHRUS & CERCOPITHECUS SABEUS see under CERCOPITHECUS 1975-1980; see under CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS 1991-2019
In other languages
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Finnish
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Cercopithecus aethiops
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Chlorocebus aethiops
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tantalusmarakatti
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vervetti
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Swedish
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Cercopithecus aethiops
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D002522
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