Johnston's mangabey

Johnston's mangabey [1]
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1) [2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	Cercopithecidae
Genus:	Lophocebus
Species:	L. albigena
Subspecies:	L. a. johnstoni
Trinomial name
Lophocebus albigena johnstoni Lydekker, 1900

Johnston's mangabey (Lophocebus albigena johnstoni) is a subspecies of the gray-cheeked mangabey (L. albigena), ^[1] a crested mangabey in the family Cercopithecidae. It was elevated to full species status in 2007, alongside Osman Hill's mangabey (L. osmani) and the Uganda mangabey (L. ugandae), ^[3] but is still generally considered as a subspecies. ^[4]

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. (2020). "Lophocebus albigena ssp. johnstoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T92248915A92248927. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T92248915A92248927.en . Retrieved 28 July 2022.
3. Groves, C.P (2007). "The Endemic Uganda Mangabey, Lophocebus ugandae, and Other Members of the albigena-Group (Lophocebus)". Primate Conservation. 22: 123–128. doi: 10.1896/052.022.0112 .
4. Maisels, F.; Hart, J.; Olupot, W.; Oates, J.F. (2020). "Lophocebus albigena". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T12309A166607033. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T12309A166607033.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.