Cercocebus galeritus

W. C. H. Peters, 1879

Tana River 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

Peters, W.C.H. 1879. Über die von Hrn. Dr. G. A. Fischer auf einer im J. 1878 in Ostafrika, von Mombas bis in das Pokômo-Land und das südliche Galla-Land, unternommenen Reise eingesammelten Säugethiere. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1879:829-832.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36342089

Original name as described

Cercocebus galeritus

Other common names

Tana Mangabey · Tana River Crested Mangabey

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Kenya, Tana River, Mitole (2° 10' S, 40° 10' E).

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Kenya

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000597

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.

Cercocebus galeritus

W. C. H. Peters, 1879

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

galeritus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

830

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36342089

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Matschie (1895:145, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835538) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:88) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:230) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  5. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  6. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:651) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  7. Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4200) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4200) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000597) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4200/17956330) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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