Cercopithecus talapoin Schreber, 1774 . Saugethiere, 1:101, 186, pl. 17.

TYPE LOCALITY: Angola .

DISTRIBUTION: Angola; S.W. Zaire.

COMMENT: Subgenus Miopithecus; see Szalay and Delson, 1979, but also see Groves, 1978, Primates, 19:1 -34. A second species of Miopithecus, described by Machado, 1969, Publ. Cult. Comp. Diamantes Angola, 46:146- 154, has not yet been named; its distribution is Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and Cameroun (CPG).

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as Order Primates .

ISIS NUMBER: 5301406008002019001.