Chlorocebus Gray, 1870 . Cat. of Monkeys, Lemurs Fruit-eating Bats Brit. Mus., p. 5.

TYPE SPECIES: Simia sabaea Linnaeus, 1766 (= Simia aethiops Linnaeus, 1758).

SYNONYMS: Cynocebus .

COMMENTS: Recognized as a full genus distinct from Cercopithecus by Groves (1989).