Cercocebus torquatus

(Kerr, 1792)

Red-capped 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

Kerr, R. 1792. The Animal Kingdom, or Zoological System of the celebrated Sir Charles Linnaeus. Class I. Mammalia. A. Strahan, T. Cadell, and W. Creech, Edinburgh, 462 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664085

Original name as described

Simia Cercopithecus aethiops torquatus

Other common names

Collared Mangabey · White-collared Mangabey

Type locality

Ethiopia (= West Africa).

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Nigeria · Cameroon · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Benin?

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000600

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 torquatus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

torquatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

88

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:88) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:230, 231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:152) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:653) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  6. Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:186) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4201) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4201) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000600) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4201/154210757) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

crossi

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

crossi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

154

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Groves (2005:154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Simia Cercopithecus aethiops torquatus

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

torquatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

67

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664085

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Æthiopicus

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & F. Cuvier, 1821)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

aethiopicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notpublishedwithageneric_name

Authority page

pl. 28 (p. 2)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43945765

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

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

Cercopithecus aethiopicus

(C. F. Cuvier, 1842)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

aethiopicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518524

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Cuvier (1842:1, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)

Cercocebus collaris

J. E. Gray, 1843

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

collaris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

7

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729572

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

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

Cercocebus Crossii

J. E. Gray, 1843

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

crossii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

7

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729572

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

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