Cercocebus lunulatus

(Temminck, 1853)

White-naped Mangabey

Formerly Cercocebus atys lunulatus. Also as Crescent-naped Mangabey, White-collared Mangabey, White-crowned Mangabey.
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Location:Germany, Lower Saxony, Osnabruck ZooDate taken:11 March 2012Description:Formerly Cercocebus atys lunulatus. Also as Crescent-naped Mangabey, White-collared Mangabey, White-crowned Mangabey.

Distribution :

E & NE Ivory Coast, SW Burkina Faso, and SW Ghana.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 5212

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

Authority citation

Temminck, C.J. 1853. Esquisses zoologiques sur la côte de Guiné. E. J. Brill, Leiden, 256 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835784

Original name as described

Cercopithecus lunulatus

Other common names

Crescent-naped Mangabey · White-collared Mangabey · White-crowned Mangabey

Type material

RMNH.MAM.39104, RMNH.MAM.39105, RMNH.MAM.39106, RMNH.MAM.39107

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39104 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39105.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39105.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39106 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39107

Type locality

Ghana, River Boutry.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Burkina Faso · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana

Taxonomy notes

split from atys

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

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000598

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: 4 names and synonyms.

Cercopithecus lunulatus

Temminck, 1853

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

lunulatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.39104, RMNH.MAM.39105, RMNH.MAM.39106, RMNH.MAM.39107

Type kind

syntypes

Original type locality

Habite les fôrets [sic] qui bordent la rivière Boutry [=Butre], côte de Guiné.

Type locality

Ghana.

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39104 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39105.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39105.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39106 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39107

Authority page

37

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835784

Authority publication

Leiden

Cercocebus lunulatus:

D. G. Elliot, 1913

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

lunulatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

lviii

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602352

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Elliot (1913:lviii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602352) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)
Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:653) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000420) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000420) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000598) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4206/92247733) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cercocebus torquatus lunulatus:

Hayman, 1936

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

lunulatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

917

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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)

Cercocebus atys lunulatus:

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

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

lunulatus

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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