Cercocebus atys

(Audebert, 1797)

Sooty Mangabey

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Primates
Suborder : Haplorhini
Infraorder : Simiiformes
Parvorder : Catarrhini
Superfamily : Cercopithecoidea
Family : Cercopithecidae
Subfamily : Cercopithecinae
Tribe : Papionini
Genus : Cercocebus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Hist. Nat. Singes Makis, 4(2), 13

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58948789

Original name as described

Simia atys

Other common names

Smoky Mangabey

Type material

MNHN-ZM-2005-905 (= MNHN Gallery 220)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2005-905

Type locality

Afrique occidentale.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire

Taxonomy notes

previously included lunulatus

Taxonomy notes citation

Butynski, T. 2013. Cercocebus lunulatus White-naped mangabey (white-crowned mangabey). In: T.M. Butynski, J.S. Kingdon and J. Kalina (eds), The Mammals of Africa. Volume II, pp. 182-183. Bloomsbury Press, London.

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000595

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Simia atys

(Audebert, 1797)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

atys

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-2005-905 (= MNHN Gallery 220)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2005-905

Authority page

13

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58948789

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Goldfuss (1809:59, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497840) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)

Cercocebus atys

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

atys

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:652) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  3. Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4205) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4205) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000595) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136933/92248451) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cercocebus atys atys

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

atys

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Simia Aethiops

(von Schreber, 1774)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

aethiops

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

pl. 21

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31059944

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Cercopithecus fuliginosus

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

fuliginosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

22

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Cuvier (1842:1, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  2. Lesson (1842:5) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

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