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Table 2 Summary of primates with ranges including countries where Tanapox has been described

From: Estimating the geographic distribution of human Tanapox and potential reservoirs using ecological niche modeling

Genus

Common name

Range

No. of species

Infraorder Lorisiformes

Acrtocebus

Golden Potto

Central Africa

2

Perodicticus

Potto

West and Central Africa; Kenya

1

Euoticus

Bushbabies

Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; ROC

2

Galago

Galagos

Throughout Sub-Saharan africa

14

Otolumur

Greater Bushbabies

Kenya; Tanzania; Rwanda; Angola

3

Family Cercopithecidae, subfamily cercopithecinae

Erythrocebus

Patas Monkey

West Africa to Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania

1

Chlorocebus

Savanah Guenons

Throughout Africa

6

Cercopithecus

Guenons

Throughout Africa

25

Miopithecus

Talapoin

Cameroon; Gabon; Angola; DRC

2

Allenopithecus

Allenā€™s Monkey

DRC

1

Cercocebus

Mangabeys

Central and West Africa; Kenya; Tanzania

6

Lophocebus

Black Mangabeys

West and Central Africa; Uganda; Burundi; Angola

3

Papio

Baboons

Throughout Africa

5

Mandrillus

Mandrill

Nigeria; Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea

2

Family Cercopithecidae, Subfamily Colobinae

Colobus

Colobus Monkeys

Throughout Sub-Saharan Africa

5

Piliocolobus

Red Colobus Monkey

West, Central, and East Africa

9

Family Pongidae

Gorilla

Gorilla

Central and West Africa

2

Pan

Chimpanzees

Central and West Africa; W Tanzania

2

  1. The primate genera with ranges including any part of Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Kenya, Sierra Leone [16].