Crested mangabey

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Crested mangabeys[1][2]
Juvenile uganda mangabey
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cercopithecidae
Subfamily: Cercopithecinae
Tribe: Papionini
Genus: Lophocebus
Palmer, 1903

Lophocebus albigena
Lophocebus aterrimus
Lophocebus opdenboschi
Lophocebus ugandae
Lophocebus johnstoni
Lophocebus osmani

The crested mangabeys are West-African Old World monkeys, belonging to the genus Lophocebus. They tend to have dark skin, eyelids that match their facial skin, and crests of hair on their heads. Another genus of mangabeys, Cercocebus, was once thought to be very closely related, so much so that all the species were in one genus. However, it is now understood that Lophocebus species are more closely related to the baboons in genus Papio, while the Cercocebus species are more closely related to the mandrill. In 2006, the highland mangabey was moved from Lophocebus to a new genus, Rungwecebus.



  1. ^ a b Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M, eds. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 160–161. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ a b "New monkey species in Mabira - expert". 2007-02-16. Retrieved 2007-02-17. 
  3. ^ Groves, Colin (2007). "The Endemic Uganda Mangabey, Lophocebus ugandae, and Other Members of the albigena-Group (Lophocebus)". Primate Conservation 22. 

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