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talapoin

The smallest Old World monkey, from W Africa (Miopithecus talapoin); greenish with pale underparts; round head and long tail; partly webbed hands and feet; swims well; inhabits forest near water; also known as pygmy guenon.

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Miopithecus
I. Geoffroy, 1842
Type Species
Miopithecus talapoin
Angolan Talapoin
Species

Miopithecus talapoin
Miopithecus ogouensis

Talapoins are the two species of Old World monkeys classified in genus Miopithecus.

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