White-eyelid mangabey

White-eyelid mangabeys
Sooty mangabey (Cercocebus atys)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cercopithecidae
Subfamily: Cercopithecinae
Tribe: Papionini
Genus: Cercocebus
É. Geoffroy, 1812
Type species
Cercocebus fuliginosus
É. Geoffroy, 1812
(= Simia (Cercopithecus) aethiops torquatus, Kerr, 1792)
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Aethiops Martin, 1841
  • Leptocebus Trouessart, 1904

The white-eyelid mangabeys are African Old World monkeys belonging to the genus Cercocebus. They are characterized by their bare upper eyelids, which are lighter than their facial skin colouring, and the uniformly coloured hairs of the fur. The other two genera of mangabeys, Lophocebus and Rungwecebus, were once thought to be very closely related to Cercocebus, so much so that all the species were placed in one genus, but Lophocebus and Rungwecebus species are now understood to be more closely related to the baboons in genus Papio, while the Cercocebus species are more closely related to the mandrill.

Species

Genus Cercocebus – Geoffroy, 1812 – seven species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Agile mangabey

Drawing of brown monkey

 C. agilis
A. Milne-Edwards, 1886		 Central Africa
Map of range		 Size: 44–65 cm (17–26 in) long, plus 45–79 cm (18–31 in) tail

Habitat: Forest

Diet: Fruit, seeds and shoots, as well as small vertebrates		  LC 

Unknown Population declining
Collared mangabey

Gray monkey

 C. torquatus
(Kerr, 1792)		 Western Africa
Map of range		 Size: 45–67 cm (18–26 in) long, plus 60–75 cm (24–30 in) tail

Habitat: Forest

Diet: Fruit and nuts, as well as stems and roots		  EN 

Unknown Population declining
Golden-bellied mangabey

Brown monkey and baby

 C. chrysogaster
Lydekker, 1900		 Central Africa
Map of range		 Size: 40–80 cm (16–31 in) long, plus 45–100 cm (18–39 in) tail

Habitat: Forest

Diet: Invertebrates, fruit, seeds, and nectar		  EN 

Unknown Population declining
Sanje mangabey

Gray monkey

 C. sanjei
Mittermeier, 1986		 East-central Africa
Map of range		 Size: 50–65 cm (20–26 in) long, plus 55–65 cm (22–26 in) tail

Habitat: Forest

Diet: Fruit, nuts, and seeds, as well as fungi, invertebrates, and plants		  EN 

Unknown Population declining
Sooty mangabey

Gray monkey

 C. atys
(Audebert, 1797)		 Western Africa Size: 40–68 cm (16–27 in) long, plus 40–80 cm (16–31 in) tail

Habitat: Forest and savanna

Diet: Fruit and nuts, as well as swamp plants, grass, seeds, fungi, and invertebrates		  VU 

Unknown Population declining
Tana River mangabey

Gray monkey

 C. galeritus
Peters, 1879		 Eastern Africa
Map of range		 Size: 44–63 cm (17–25 in) long, plus 50–68 cm (20–27 in) tail

Habitat: Forest, shrubland, and inland wetlands

Diet: Fruit and seeds, as well as stems, leaves, insects, and fungi		  CR 

100–1,000 Population declining
White-naped mangabey

Brown and white monkey and baby

 C. lunulatus
(Temminck, 1853)		 Western Africa
Map of range		 Size: 52–73 cm (20–29 in) long, plus 68–74 cm (27–29 in) tail

Habitat: Forest and inland wetlands

Diet: Fruit, leaves, seeds, buds, and grass		  EN 

Unknown Population declining

References

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  10. 1 2 3 McCabe, G; Rovero, F.; Fernández, D.; Butynski, T. M.; Struhsaker, T. T. (2019). "Cercocebus sanjei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019 e.T4203A17955753. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T4203A17955753.en.
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  15. 1 2 Dempsey, A.; Gonedelé Bi, S.; Matsuda Goodwin, R.; Koffi, A. (2020). "Cercocebus lunulatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020 e.T4206A92247733. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T4206A92247733.en.
  16. ↑ Kingdon 2014, p. 184

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