Opdenbosch's mangabey

Opdenbosch's mangabey [1]
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
Subspecies:	L. a. opdenboschi
Trinomial name
Lophocebus aterrimus opdenboschi Schouteden, 1944

Opdenbosch's mangabey (Lophocebus aterrimus opdenboschi) is a subspecies of crested mangabey in the family Cercopithecidae. It has also been treated as a full species. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Belgian Congo). ^[1]

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. & Ron, T. (2020). "Lophocebus aterrimus ssp. opdenboschi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T12311A176624079. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T12311A176624079.en . Retrieved 28 July 2022.