Mandrillus sphinx

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Mandrill

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.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033817

Original 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-bc38-29fb6eff6e10

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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000627

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.

Maimon burlacei

(W. Rothschild, 1922)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

burlacei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1922.12.19.7

Type kind

holotype

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-bc38-29fb6eff6e10

Authority page

232

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24253110

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Simia sphinx

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

sphinx

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

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-bc38-29fb6eff6e10

Authority page

25

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033817

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Cuvier (1797:99, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
  2. Goldfuss (1809:57, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497838) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  3. Thunberg (1811:301, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11767795) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64194)

Mandrillus hagenbecki

Matschie & Zukowsky, 1917

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

hagenbecki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 22351/22352

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

488

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43576600

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Mandrillus tessmanni

Matschie & Zukowsky, 1917

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

tessmanni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 26765, ZMB 27665

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

473

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43576585

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Mandrillus zenkeri

Matschie & Zukowsky, 1917

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

zenkeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 27396/27397

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

479

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43576591

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Papio planirostris

(D. G. Elliot, 1909)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

planirostris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 27750

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

305

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097684

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Mandrillus escherichi

Matschie & Zukowsky, 1917

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

escherichi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 27776

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

478

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43576590

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Mandrillus zenkeri var. ebolowæ?

Matschie & Zukowsky, 1917

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

ebolowae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 27804

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

493

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43576605

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Papio Maimon

(Erxleben, 1777)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

maimon

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

17

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872814

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:17, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872814) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Blyth (1863:6, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534734) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Papio Mormon

(Erxleben, 1777)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

mormon

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

18

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872815

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:18, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872815) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Fitzinger (1855:75) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65926)

Cynocephalus maimon

(Daudin, 1802)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

maimon

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

149

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033399

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Daudin (1802:149, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033399) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)

Macaca sphinx

(Daudin, 1802)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

sphinx

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

149

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033399

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Daudin (1802:149, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033399) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)

Cynocephalus mormon

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

mormon

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

46

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207477

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:46, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207477) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Cuvier (1842:2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)

Mormon maimon

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

maimon

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

6

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:6) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Mandrillus sphinx

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

sphinx

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. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  3. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  4. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:654) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  5. Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:192) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12754) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12754) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000627) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12754/17952325) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

pennanti

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

pennanti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

165

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Groves (2005:165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Simia mormon

(Alströmer, 1766)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

mormon

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

144

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Name usages

  1. Goldfuss (1809:55, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497836) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Simia maimon

(Linnaeus, 1766)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

maimon

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

35

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946231

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Cuvier (1797:99, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
  2. Goldfuss (1809:55, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497836) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Simia (Madarogaster)

(E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1780)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

madarogaster

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

176

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

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

Simia suilla

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

suillus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

59

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664077

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

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

Simia latidens

(Bechstein, 1799)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

latidens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

188

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57829791

Authority publication

Weimar

Name usages

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

Simia Pennantii

(J. E. Gray, 1824)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

pennantii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

23

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34790217

Authority publication

London

Mandrillus schreberi

Matschie, 1917

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

schreberi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

344

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43576452

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Mandrillus insularis

Zukowsky, 1922

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

insularis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

132

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

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

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