Cercocebus sanjei

Mittermeier, 1986

Sanje River 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

Mittermeier, R.A. 1986. A global overview of primate conservation. Pp. 325–340 in Else, J.G. and Lee, P.C. (eds.). Primate Ecology and Conservation. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Original name as described

Cercocebus galeritus sanjei

Other common names

Sanje Crested Mangabey · Sanje Mangabey

Type material

male figured and described by Homewood & Rodgers

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

Tanzania, Sanje Waterfall, Mwanihana Forest.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Tanzania

Taxonomy notes

may represent two distinct species

Taxonomy notes citation

Paddock, C.L., Ferreira da Silva, M.J., McCabe, G.M., Fernández, D., McGraw, W.S. and Bruford, M.W. 2026. On the phylogenetic history of the Sanje Mangabey (Cercocebus sanjei), Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania. International Journal of Primatology (in press). doi:10.1007/s10764-026-00559-w

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000599

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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: 3 names and synonyms.

Cercocebus galeritus sanjei

Wasser, 1985

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

sanjei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

34

Authority publication

Primate Conservation

Cercocebus galeritus sanjei

Mittermeier, 1986

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

sanjei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

male figured and described by Homewood & Rodgers

Type kind

lectotype

Original type locality

Uzungwa Mts, Tanzania

Type locality

Tanzania.

Authority page

338

Authority publication

Cambridge

Name usages

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

Cercocebus sanjei:

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

sanjei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:652) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000599) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4203/17955753) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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