Mainland drill

Mainland drill [1]
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	Cercopithecidae
Genus:	Mandrillus
Species:	M. leucophaeus
Subspecies:	M. l. leucophaeus
Trinomial name
Mandrillus leucophaeus leucophaeus (F. Cuvier, 1807)

The mainland drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus leucophaeus) is a subspecies of the endangered drill. It is distinguished by ringed yellow and black coloring on its crown, and is otherwise similar to the Bioko drill.

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. 165. ISBN   0-801-88221-4. OCLC   62265494.
2. Gadsby, E.L.; Astaras, C.; Imong, I. (2020). "Mandrillus leucophaeus ssp. leucophaeus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T12756A17986043. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T12756A17986043.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.