Lophocebus opdenboschi

(Schouteden, 1944)

Southern Black Crested Mangabey

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

Schouteden, H. 1944-07-15. Note sur deux Singes nouveaux du Congo belge. Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines 38(1-2):192-196.

Original name as described

Cercocebus opdenboschi

Other common names

Opdenbosch’s Crested Mangabey · Opdenbosch’s Mangabey · Southern Black Mangabey

Type material

RMCA 15647

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Congo-Zaire, Mwilambongo (= Mwiliambongo), 4° 53’ S, 19° 42’ E.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Angola

Taxonomy notes

split from L. aterrimus; some authorities continue to place this species as a subspecies of L. atterimus, but it is 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. · Maisels, F., Hart, J. & Laudisoit, A. 2020. Lophocebus aterrimus (amended version of 2019 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T12310A166607638. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T12310A166607638.en. Downloaded on 15 August 2020.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006693

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.

Cercocebus opdenboschi

(Schouteden, 1944)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

opdenboschi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMCA 15647

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

192

Authority publication

Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines

Lophocebus opdenboschi

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

opdenboschi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:658) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000554) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000554) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006693) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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