Black crested mangabey

Black-crested mangabey [1]
At Binder Park Zoo, Michigan
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) [2]
Scientific classification
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)
native 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. ^[2]

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.