Lophocebus ugandae

(Matschie, 1913)

Ugandan 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

Authority citation

Revue Zool. Africaine, 2: 210, 15 Feb. 1913

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11316572

Original name as described

Cercocebus albigena ugandae

Type locality

Uganda, Chagwe, Nile mouth at Lake Albert. Restricted by C. P. Groves in 2007 to Chagwe, “a large area north of Lake Victoria, east of Kampala, west of the Nile and Jinja, and a little northwards toward Bugerere, more correctly called Kyagwe.”

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Uganda · Tanzania

Taxonomy notes

split from L. albigena; some authorities continue to place this species as a subspecies of L. albigena, 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/1006695

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 ugandae

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

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

ugandae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

657

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:657) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000556) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000556) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006695) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Cercocebus albigena ugandae

(Matschie, 1913)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

ugandae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

210

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11316572

Authority publication

Revue zoologique africaine

Name usages

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

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