White-eyelid mangabey

White-eyelid mangabeys
Sooty mangabey (Cercocebus atys)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	Cercopithecidae
Subfamily:	Cercopithecinae
Tribe:	Papionini
Genus:	Cercocebus É. Geoffroy, 1812 [1]
Type species
Cercocebus fuliginosus É. Geoffroy, 1812 (= Simia (Cercopithecus) aethiops torquatus, Kerr, 1792) [1]
Species
See text
Synonyms [1]
AethiopsMartin, 1841 LeptocebusTrouessart, 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. ^[2] 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	C. agilis A. Milne-Edwards, 1886	Central Africa	Size: 44–65 cm (17–26 in) long, plus 45–79 cm (18–31 in) tail [3] Habitat: Forest [4] Diet: Fruit, seeds and shoots, as well as small vertebrates [4]	LC  Unknown [4]
Collared mangabey	C. torquatus (Kerr, 1792)	Western Africa	Size: 45–67 cm (18–26 in) long, plus 60–75 cm (24–30 in) tail [5] Habitat: Forest [6] Diet: Fruit and nuts, as well as stems and roots [5]	EN  Unknown [6]
Golden-bellied mangabey	C. chrysogaster Lydekker, 1900	Central Africa	Size: 40–80 cm (16–31 in) long, plus 45–100 cm (18–39 in) tail [7] Habitat: Forest [8] Diet: Invertebrates, fruit, seeds, and nectar [7]	EN  Unknown [8]
Sanje mangabey	C. sanjei Mittermeier, 1986	East-central Africa	Size: 50–65 cm (20–26 in) long, plus 55–65 cm (22–26 in) tail [9] Habitat: Forest [10] Diet: Fruit, nuts, and seeds, as well as fungi, invertebrates, and plants [10]	EN  Unknown [10]
Sooty mangabey	C. atys (Audebert, 1797)	Western Africa	Size: 40–68 cm (16–27 in) long, plus 40–80 cm (16–31 in) tail [11] Habitat: Forest and savanna [12] Diet: Fruit and nuts, as well as swamp plants, grass, seeds, fungi, and invertebrates [11]	VU  Unknown [12]
Tana River mangabey	C. galeritus Peters, 1879	Eastern Africa	Size: 44–63 cm (17–25 in) long, plus 50–68 cm (20–27 in) tail [13] Habitat: Forest, shrubland, and inland wetlands [14] Diet: Fruit and seeds, as well as stems, leaves, insects, and fungi [13]	CR  100–1,000 [14]
White-naped mangabey	C. lunulatus (Temminck, 1853)	Western Africa	Size: 52–73 cm (20–29 in) long, plus 68–74 cm (27–29 in) tail [5] Habitat: Forest and inland wetlands [15] Diet: Fruit, leaves, seeds, buds, and grass [16]	EN  Unknown [15]

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. pp. 153–154. ISBN   0-801-88221-4. OCLC   62265494.
2. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Mangabey"  . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 568.
3. Kingdon 2015, p. 136
4. Maisels, F.; Hicks, T. C.; Hart, J.; Shah, N. (2020) [amended version of 2019 assessment]. "Cercocebus agilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T136615A167735266. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T136615A167735266.en .
5. Kingdon 2015, p. 134
6. Maisels, F.; Oates, J. F.; Linder, J.; Ikemeh, R.; Imong, I.; Etiendem, D. (2019) [errata version of 2019 assessment]. "Cercocebus torquatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T4201A154210757. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T4201A154210757.en .
7. Patterson, Haley (2017). "Cercocebus chrysogaster". Animal Diversity Web . University of Michigan. Archived from the original on August 12, 2023. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
8. Hart, J. A.; Thompson, J. (2020). "Cercocebus chrysogaster". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T4207A17956177. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T4207A17956177.en .
9. Kingdon 2015, p. 137
10. 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 .
11. Lee, Scarlett (2012). "Cercocebus atys". Animal Diversity Web . University of Michigan. Archived from the original on July 24, 2023. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
12. Koné, I.; McGraw, S.; Gonedelé Bi, S.; Barrie, A. (2020). "Cercocebus atys". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T136933A92248451. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T136933A92248451.en .
13. Mittl, Gregory (2011). "Cercocebus galeritus". Animal Diversity Web . University of Michigan. Archived from the original on August 12, 2023. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
14. Butynski, T. M.; de Jong, Y. A.; Wieczkowski, J.; King, J. (2020). "Cercocebus galeritus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T4200A17956330. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T4200A17956330.en .
15. 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

Sources

• Kingdon, Jonathan (2014). Mammals of Africa. Vol. II: Primates. A & C Black. ISBN   978-1-4081-8991-7.
• Kingdon, Jonathan (2015). The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals (Second ed.). Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN   978-1-4729-2531-2.

External links

• Primate Info Net Cercocebus Factsheets
• Cercocebus in Animal Diversity Web