Mandrillus sphinx

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Mandrill

Side view of male, facial colors in view
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Location:USA, UT, Salt Lake City, Hogle ZooDate taken:Jan 1, 1992

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1203

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 : Mandrillus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.

Original name as described

Simia Sphinx

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1922.12.19.7

Type kind

neotype

Type locality

Borneo. Restricted by E. Delson and P. Napier in 1976 to "Cameroon, Bitye, Dja River."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Republic of the Congo

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

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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.

Total: 28 names and synonyms.

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