Crested mangabey
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The crested mangabeys are West-African Old World
monkey
s, belonging to the genus Lophocebus. They tend to have dark skin, eyelids that match their facial skin, and crests of hair on their heads. Another genus of mangabeys, Cercocebus, was once thought to be very closely related, so much so that all the species were in one genus. However, it is now understood that Lophocebus species are more closely related to the baboon
s in genus Papio, while the Cercocebus species are more closely related to the mandrill
. In 2006, the highland mangabey was moved from Lophocebus to a new genus, Rungwecebus, the first new primate
genus in 83 years.
Old World monkey
The Old World monkeys or Cercopithecidae are a group of primates, falling in the superfamily Cercopithecoidea in the clade Catarrhini. The Old World monkeys are native to Africa and Asia today, inhabiting a range of environments from tropical rain forest to savanna, shrubland and mountainous...
monkey
Monkey
A monkey is a primate, either an Old World monkey or a New World monkey. There are about 260 known living species of monkey. Many are arboreal, although there are species that live primarily on the ground, such as baboons. Monkeys are generally considered to be intelligent. Unlike apes, monkeys...
s, belonging to the genus Lophocebus. They tend to have dark skin, eyelids that match their facial skin, and crests of hair on their heads. Another genus of mangabeys, Cercocebus, was once thought to be very closely related, so much so that all the species were in one genus. However, it is now understood that Lophocebus species are more closely related to the baboon
Baboon
Baboons are African and Arabian Old World monkeys belonging to the genus Papio, part of the subfamily Cercopithecinae. There are five species, which are some of the largest non-hominoid members of the primate order; only the mandrill and the drill are larger...
s in genus Papio, while the Cercocebus species are more closely related to the mandrill
Mandrill
The mandrill is a primate of the Old World monkey family, closely related to the baboons and even more closely to the drill. Both the mandrill and the drill were once classified as baboons in genus Papio, but recent research has determined they should be separated into their own genus, Mandrillus...
. In 2006, the highland mangabey was moved from Lophocebus to a new genus, Rungwecebus, the first new primate
Primate
A primate is a mammal of the order Primates , which contains prosimians and simians. Primates arose from ancestors that lived in the trees of tropical forests; many primate characteristics represent adaptations to life in this challenging three-dimensional environment...
genus in 83 years.
Species
- Genus Lophocebus
- Grey-cheeked mangabeyGrey-cheeked MangabeyThe grey-cheeked mangabey is an Old World monkey found in the forests of Central Africa. It ranges from Cameroon down to Gabon. The grey-cheeked mangabey is a dark monkey, looking in shape overall like a small, hairy baboon. Its thick brown fur is almost black in its forest home, with a slightly...
, Lophocebus albigena - Black crested mangabeyBlack Crested MangabeyThe Black crested mangabey is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family. It is found in Angola and Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss....
, Lophocebus aterrimus - Opdenbosch's mangabeyOpdenbosch's MangabeyOpdenbosch's mangabey is a species of crested mangabey in the Cercopithecidae family. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the black crested mangabey, ....
, Lophocebus opdenboschi - Uganda mangabeyUganda MangabeyThe Uganda mangabey is a species of Old World monkey found only in Uganda. This crested mangabey was previously thought to be just be a population of the grey-cheeked mangabey . Colin Groves upgraded the Ugandan population into the new species L. ugandae on February 16, 2007...
, Lophocebus ugandae - Johnston's mangabeyJohnston's MangabeyJohnston’s mangabey is a species of crested mangabey in the Cercopithecidae family. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the gray-cheeked mangabey , but recently was given the status of species by Groves, with Osman Hill's mangabey and the Uganda mangabey ....
, Lophocebus johnstoni - Osman Hill's mangabeyOsman Hill's MangabeyOsman Hill’s mangabey is a species of crested mangabey in the Cercopithecidae family. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the gray-cheeked mangabey, L. albigena. It was named after William Charles Osman Hill, a primatologist, anthropologist, and anatomist from the 20th century....
, Lophocebus osmani
- Grey-cheeked mangabey