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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER PRIMATES
--> SUBORDER HAPLORRHINI
--> INFRAORDER SIMIIFORMES
--> SUPERFAMILY Cercopithecoidea
--> FAMILY Cercopithecidae
--> SUBFAMILY Cercopithecinae
--> GENUS Cercocebus
SPECIES Cercocebus atys
| Author: | Audebert, 1797. | | Citation: | Hist. Nat. Singes Makis, 4(2): 13. | | Common Name: | Sooty Mangabey | | Type Locality: | West Africa. | | Distribution: | Senegal to Ghana. | | Status: | CITES – Appendix II; U.S. ESA – Endangered as included in C. torquatus; IUCN – Critically Endangered as C. a. lunulatus, otherwise Lower Risk (nt). | | Comments: | The subspecies lunulatus appears strongly distinct, and may be a separate species (Groves, 2001c:242-3). Separated from torquatus by Groves (2001c:242). |
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