Cercocebus atys

(Audebert, 1799)

Sooty 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: Cercocebus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Audebert, J.B. 1799-12-02. [Parts 1–6]. in Audebert, J.B. 1799-1800. Histoire naturelle des singes et des makis. Desray, Paris, 44 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58948789

Original name as described

Simia Atys

Other common names

Smoky Mangabey

Type material

MNHN-ZM-2005-905 (= MNHN:AGal:307) (= MNHN:NGal:220) (= MNHN:type:47)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2005-905

Type locality

Afrique occidentale.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cote d'Ivoire · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Liberia · Senegal · Sierra Leone

Taxonomy notes

previously included lunulatus

Taxonomy notes citation

Butynski, T.M. 2013. Cercocebus lunulatus White-naped Mangabey (White-crowned Mangabey). Pp. 182–185 in Butynski, T.M., Kingdon, J. and Kalina, J. (eds.). Mammals of Africa. Volume II. Primates. Bloomsbury, London, 556 pp. a#72060

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000595

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.

Total: 10 names and synonyms.

Simia Aethiops:

von Schreber, 1774

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

aethiops

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

pl. 21

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31059944

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

Virey (1819:276, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35135194) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60385)

Simia Atys

Audebert, 1799

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

atys

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-2005-905 (= MNHN:AGal:307) (= MNHN:NGal:220) (= MNHN:type:47)

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Indes orientales

Type locality

Africa.

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2005-905

Authority page

fam. 4 sec. 2 p. 13

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58948789

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Audebert (1799:@fam. 4 sec. 2 p. 13, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58948789) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68277)
Goldfuss (1809:59, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497840) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)

Cercopithecus atys:

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

atys

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

18

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:18) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
Fischer (1813:536, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29109647) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/49925)
Muirhead (1819:401) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
Virey (1819:276, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35135194) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60385)
Desmarest (1821:62, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523826) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
Schinz (1821:108, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528865) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)

Cercopithecus fuliginosus

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

fuliginosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

Inconnue; Buffon, d'après un renseignement douteaux, l'a crue de Madagascar

Type locality

Africa.

Authority page

22

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:22) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
Muirhead (1819:401) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
Desmarest (1821:62, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523826) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
Schinz (1821:107, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528864) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
Cuvier (1842:1, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
Lesson (1842:5) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Cercocebus æthiops:

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

aethiops

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

97

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499291

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1812:97, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499291) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17666)
Murray (1866:321, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Gray (1871:27, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994521) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)
Sclater (1872:9, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037767) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
Schlegel (1876:95, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14895160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67480)
Flower & Lydekker (1891:724, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46965939) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34115)
Trouessart (1904:15, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422862) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Elliot (1913:lviii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602352) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Cercocebus atys:

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

atys

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

99

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499293

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1812:99, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499293) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17666)
Grubb, Butynski, Oates, Bearder, Disotell, Groves & Struhsaker (2003:1324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4919)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:652) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4205) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4205) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000595) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136933/92248451) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cercocebus fuliginosus:

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

fuliginosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

97

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499291

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1812:97, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499291) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17666)
Murray (1866:321, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Gray (1871:27, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994521) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)
Sclater (1872:9, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037767) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
Schlegel (1876:95, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14895160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67480)
Rochebrune (1883:80, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26187533) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43667)
Flower & Lydekker (1891:724, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46965939) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34115)
Trouessart (1904:15, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422862) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Thomas (1911:118, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22098781) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19975)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Simia fulginosa:

J. B. Fischer, 1829

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

fulginosa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

24

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

Fischer (1829:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

Cercocebus torquatus atys:

G. M. Allen & Coolidge, 1930

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

atys

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

587

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61248235

Authority publication

Cambridge (Massachusetts)

Name usages

Allen & Coolidge (1930:587, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61248235) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68614)
Allen (1939:137, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782647) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Cercocebus atys atys:

Grubb, Butynski, Oates, Bearder, Disotell, Groves, & Struhsaker, 2003

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

atys

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

1324

Authority publication

International Journal of Primatology

Name usages

Grubb, Butynski, Oates, Bearder, Disotell, Groves & Struhsaker (2003:1324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4919)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

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