Lophocebus albigena

(J. E. Gray, 1850)

Gray-cheeked Mangabey

Side view leaping from branch. Lophocebus albigena ugandae, Ugandan Gray-cheeked Mangabey. Formerly Lophocebus ugandae, Ugandan Crested Mangabey. Also as Cloaked Mangabey|White-cheeked Mangabey.
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Location:Uganda, Western region, Kabarole or Kamwenge district, Kibale (Forest) National ParkDate taken:Jan 1, 1973

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 528

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 : Lophocebus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1850-06. Description of a new species of monkey, recently living in the Society's menagerie. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1850:77-78.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278573

Original name as described

Presbytis albigena

Other common names

Cloaked Mangabey · White-cheeked Mangabey

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1851.1.19.30

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8ed7eb12-e6a2-4c64-bf14-390f8b627495 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/982e3abc-36a2-4cfb-8c33-207c542f3146

Type locality

Democratic Republic of Congo, Mayombe.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon · Gabon · Equatorial Guinea · Central African Republic · Republic of the Congo

Taxonomy notes

previously included L. johnstoni, L. osmani, L. ugandae; some authorities continue to recognize L. johnstoni, L. osmani, L. ugandae as subspecies, but they are tentatively retained as distinct species here pending further research

Taxonomy notes citation

Groves, C.P. 2007. The endemic Uganda mangabey, Lophocebus ugandae, and other members of the albigena-group (Lophocebus). Primate Conservation 22(1):123-128. doi:10.1896/052.022.0112 · Maisels, F., Hart, J. and Laudisoit, A. 2018. Lophocebus aterrimus (amended version of 2019 assessment). IUCN. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T12310A166607638.en

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000601

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 8 names and synonyms.

Presbytis albigena

(J. E. Gray, 1850)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

albigena

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1851.1.19.30

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8ed7eb12-e6a2-4c64-bf14-390f8b627495 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/982e3abc-36a2-4cfb-8c33-207c542f3146

Authority page

77

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278573

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Cercopithecus albigena

(A. Murray, 1866)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

albigena

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

321

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580317

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Murray (1866:321, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  2. Oudemans (1890:267, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55527977) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68983)

Cercocebus albigena

(J. E. Gray, 1871)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

albigena

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

27

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994521

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

  1. Gray (1871:27, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994521) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)
  2. Sclater (1872:9, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037767) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
  3. Schlegel (1876:97, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14895162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67480)
  4. Rivière (1886:15, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k215107z/f18.item) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68746)
  5. Bocage (1889:12, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3418931) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67736)
  6. Flower & Lydekker (1891:724, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46965939) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34115)
  7. Matschie (1895:6, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835380) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  8. Trouessart (1904:15, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422862) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  9. Schwarz (1910:455, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43615914) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67848)
  10. Matschie (1913:208, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11316570) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67569)
  11. Elliot (1913:lix, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602353) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)
  12. Allen (1925:341, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42949819) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11615)
  13. Schwarz (1928:150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68600)
  14. Allen (1939:135, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782645) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
  15. Szalay & Delson (1979:340) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14515)
  16. Corbet & Hill (1980:88) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  17. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:230) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  18. Corbet & Hill (1991:98) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

Cercocebus albigena albigena

(E. Schwarz, 1910)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

albigena

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

457

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43615916

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Schwarz (1910:457, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43615916) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67848)
  2. Allen (1939:135, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782645) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Cercocebus albigena zenkeri

(E. Schwarz, 1910)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

zenkeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 11699 (= ZMB 11700)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

456

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43615915

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Schwarz (1910:456, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43615915) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67848)
  2. Elliot (1913:lix, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602353) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)
  3. Schwarz (1928:150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68600)
  4. Allen (1939:136, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782646) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
  5. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Cercocebus (Leptocebus) albigena weynsi

(Matschie, 1913)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

weynsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMCA 108

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

211

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11316573

Authority publication

Revue zoologique africaine

Name usages

  1. Matschie (1913:211, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11316573) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67569)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Lophocebus albigena

Groves, 1993

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

albigena

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

266

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

  1. Groves (1993:266) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69008)
  2. Grubb, Butynski, Oates, Bearder, Disotell, Groves & Struhsaker (2003:1325) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4919)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  4. Groves (2006:12) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5250)
  5. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:655) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  6. Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12309) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12309) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000601) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12309/166607033) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Lophocebus albigena albigena

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

albigena

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

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