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title: "Kotawiec piekielny"
description: "Chlorocebus tantalus — Ssaki. The tantalus monkey (Chlorocebus tantalus) is an Old World monkey from Africa that ranges from Ghana to Sudan."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/tantalus-monkey
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Kotawiec piekielny

> Chlorocebus tantalus — Ssaki. The tantalus monkey (Chlorocebus tantalus) is an Old World monkey from Africa that ranges from Ghana to Sudan.

- Scientific name: *Chlorocebus tantalus*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las)
- iNaturalist observations: 1122
- Wikidata: [Q1154701](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1154701)
- iNaturalist taxon: [74191](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/74191)

## Names

- en: Tantalus Monkey
- de: Tantalus-Grünmeerkatze
- es: Cercopiteco Tántalo
- fr: Vervet tantale
- nl: Tantalusmeerkat
- pl: Kotawiec piekielny

## Countries with the most observations

UG (317), BJ (294), GH (51), BF (49), NG (37), NE (35), CD (26), CF (21), TD (14), CM (10), TG (3)

## Summary

The tantalus monkey (Chlorocebus tantalus) is an Old World monkey from Africa that ranges from Ghana to Sudan. It was originally described as a subspecies of the grivet (Chlorocebus aethiops). All species in Chlorocebus were formerly in the genus Cercopithecus.  It is a common species with a wide range, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being of "least concern".

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantalus_monkey

## Photo

![Kotawiec piekielny](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/tantalus-monkey/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andrew Holle · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/348246432

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/tantalus-monkey?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).