Cercocebus torquatus

(Kerr, 1792)

Red-capped Mangabey

Frontal view of adult with arms spread. Also as Collared Mangabey, White-collared Mangabey.
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Location:USA, LA, Orleans Par., New Orleans, Audubon ZooDate taken:21 December 1998Description:Frontal view of adult with arms spread. Also as Collared Mangabey, White-collared Mangabey.

Distribution :

W Nigeria to Gabon.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1872

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

Kerr, R. 1792. The Animal Kingdom, or Zoological System of the celebrated Sir Charles Linnaeus. Class I. Mammalia. A. Strahan, T. Cadell, and W. Creech, Edinburgh, 462 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664085

Original name as described

Simia Cercopithecus aethiops torquatus

Other common names

Collared Mangabey · White-collared Mangabey

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

Ethiopia (= West Africa).

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Nigeria · Republic of the Congo · Benin?

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000600

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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: 8 names and synonyms.

Simia Cercopithecus aethiops torquatus

Kerr, 1792

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

torquatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Original type locality

Inhabits Madagascar

Type locality

Africa.

Authority page

67

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664085

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Kerr (1792:67, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664085) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)

Æthiopicus

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & F. Cuvier, 1821

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

aethiopicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notpublishedwithageneric_name

Authority page

pl. 28 p. 2

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43945765

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

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

Cercopithecus aethiopicus

C. F. Cuvier, 1842

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

aethiopicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type locality

Africa: Western Africa.

Authority page

1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518524

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Cuvier (1842:1, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)

Cercocebus collaris

J. E. Gray, 1843

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

collaris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

Africa

Type locality

Africa.

Authority page

7

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729572

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

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 (1876:96, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14895161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67480)
Rochebrune (1883:81, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26187534) (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)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Cercocebus Crossii

J. E. Gray, 1843

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

crossii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Type locality

Africa.

Authority page

7

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729572

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Cercocebus torquatus:

J. A. Allen, 1895

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

torquatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

185

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26894321

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Allen (1895:185, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26894321) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15949)
Elliot (1913:lviii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602352) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)
Allen & Coolidge (1930:587, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61248235) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68614)
Hayman (1936:917) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14108)
Allen (1939:137, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782647) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Allen (1939:137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Szalay & Delson (1979:340) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14515)
Corbet & Hill (1980:88) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:230, 231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:98) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Groves (1993:262) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69008)
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)
O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:152) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:653) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:186) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4201) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4201) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000600) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4201/154210757) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cercocebus torquatus torquatus:

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

torquatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

137

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782647

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:137, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782647) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

crossi:

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

crossi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling · notusedas_valid

Authority page

154

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Groves (2005:154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

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