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Black crested mangabey

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Species of Old World monkey

Black-crested mangabey
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Lophocebus
Species: L. aterrimus
Binomial name
Lophocebus aterrimus
(Oudemans, 1890)
Black crested mangabey range

The black crested mangabey (Lophocebus aterrimus) is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is only found in Democratic Republic of the Congo with a small habitat extending to Angola. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 160. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Maisels, F.; Hart, J.; Laudisoit, A. (2020). "Lophocebus aterrimus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T12310A166607638. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T12310A166607638.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
Extant species of family Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys) (subfamily Cercopithecinae)
Cercopithecini
Allenopithecus
Miopithecus
(Talapoins)
Erythrocebus
Chlorocebus
(Vervet monkeys)
Allochrocebus
(Terrestrial guenons)
Cercopithecus
(Arboreal guenons)
Papionini
Macaca
(Macaques)
Lophocebus
(Crested mangabeys)
Rungwecebus
Papio
(Baboons)
Theropithecus
Cercocebus
(White-eyelid
mangabeys)
Mandrillus
Category
Taxon identifiers
Lophocebus aterrimus
Cercopithecus aterrimus


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