Mandrillus sphinx
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Mandrill

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
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.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033817Original name as described
Simia Sphinx
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1922.12.19.7
Type kind
neotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0507e0d8-d6f1-4aef-8451-4c0facead0bf https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/aace48ee-0b9e-457d-a4ab-7942b85fedd1 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fa2976f5-fabd-4c47-bc38-29fb6eff6e10Type 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
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