Rungwecebus kipunji

(Ehardt, Butynski, T. Jones, & T. R. B. Davenport in T. Jones, Ehardt, Butynski, T. R. B. Davenport, Mpunga, Machaga, & De Luca, 2005)

Kipunji

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 : Rungwecebus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Jones, T., Ehardt, C.L., Butynski, T.M., Davenport, T.R.B., Mpunga, N.E., Machaga, S.J. and De Luca, D.W. 2005-05-20. The highland mangabey _Lophocebus kipunji_: a new species of African monkey. Science 308(5725):1161-1164.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1109191

Original name as described

Lophocebus kipunji

Other common names

Highland Mangabey

Type material

Photographed specimen

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Rungwe-Livingstone (09° 07' S to 09° 11' S and 33° 40' E to 33° 55' E), Southern Highlands, Tanzania.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Tanzania

Taxonomy notes

recently described as a species of Lophocebus, but a new genus (Rungwecebus) was subsequently errected for the species

Taxonomy notes citation

Jones, T. P., Ehardt, C. L., Butynski, T. M., Davenport, T. R. B., Mpunga, N. E., Machaga, S. J. and De Luca, D. W. 2005. The Highland Mangabey Lophocebus kipunji: A new species of African monkey. Science 308: 1161-1164. · Davenport, T. R. B., Stanley, W. T., Sargis, E. J., Luca, D. W., de, Mpunga, N. E., Machaga, S. J. and Olson, L. E. 2006. A new genus of African monkey, Rungwecebus: morphology, ecology and molecular phylogenetics. Science 312: 1378-1384.

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000634

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.

Lophocebus kipunji

(Ehardt, Butynski, T. Jones, & T. R. B. Davenport in T. Jones, Ehardt, Butynski, T. R. B. Davenport, Mpunga, Machaga, & De Luca, 2005)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

kipunji

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Photographed specimen

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

1162

Authority publication

Science

Rungwecebus kipunji

Mittermeier, Rylands, & D. E. Wilson, 2013

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

kipunji

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

658

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:658) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  2. Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:213) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136791) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136791) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000634) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136791/17961368) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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