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Encyclopedia > Crested mangabey
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Crested mangabeys

juvenile Grey-cheeked Mangabey
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Lophocebus
Palmer, 1903
Species

Lophocebus albigena
Lophocebus aterrimus
Lophocebus opdenboschi
Lophocebus kipunji
Download high resolution version (1091x818, 122 KB) Grey-cheeked mangabey, taken in Kibale National Park by Duncan Wright (User:Sabines Sunbird, in 2004. ... Binomial name Lophocebus albigena (Gray, 1850) The Grey-cheeked Mangabey is an Old World monkey found in the forests of Central Africa. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anenomes) Placozoa (trichoplax) Subregnum Bilateria (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Orthonectida (flatworms, echinoderms, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicates Ascidiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... Orders Subclass Multituberculata (extinct) Plagiaulacida Cimolodonta Subclass Palaeoryctoides (extinct) Subclass Triconodonta (extinct) Subclass Eutheria (includes extinct ancestors)/Placentalia (excludes extinct ancestors) Afrosoricida Artiodactyla Carnivora Cetacea Chiroptera Cimolesta (extinct) Creodonta (extinct) Condylarthra (extinct) Dermoptera Desmostylia (extinct) Embrithopoda (extinct) Hyracoidea Insectivora Lagomorpha Litopterna (extinct) Macroscelidea Mesonychia (extinct) Notoungulata (extinct) Perissodactyla Pholidota Plesiadapiformes... Families 13, See classification A primate is any member of the biological order Primates, the group that contains all lemurs, monkeys, apes, and humans. ... Subfamilies Cercopithecinae - 11 genera Colobinae - 9 genera The Old World monkeys or Cercopithecidae are a group of primates, falling in the superfamily Cercopithecoidea in the clade Catarrhini. ... 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... In biology, a species is the basic unit of biodiversity. ... Binomial name Lophocebus albigena (Gray, 1850) The Grey-cheeked Mangabey is an Old World monkey found in the forests of Central Africa. ... Binomial name Lophocebus kipunji (Jones et al. ...

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, so much so that all the species were in one genera. 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. Subfamilies Cercopithecinae - 11 genera Colobinae - 9 genera The Old World monkeys or Cercopithecidae are a group of primates, falling in the superfamily Cercopithecoidea in the clade Catarrhini. ... Cynomolgus Monkey at Batu Caves, Malaysia Monkeys, Mori Sosen (1749-1821) A monkey is any member of two of the three groupings of simian primates. ... Species Lophocebus albigena Lophocebus aterrimus Lophocebus opdenboschi Lophocebus kipunji Cercocebus atys Cercocebus torquatus Cercocebus agilis Cercocebus chrysogaster Cercocebus galeritus Cercocebus sanjei Mangabeys are West-African monkeys, belonging to the either of the genera Cercocebus and Lophocebus. ... Species Cercocebus atys Cercocebus torquatus Cercocebus agilis Cercocebus chrysogaster Cercocebus galeritus Cercocebus sanjei The white-eyelid mangabeys are West-African Old World monkeys, belonging to the genus Cercocebus. ... Type species Simia hamadryas Linnaeus, 1758 Species Papio hamadryas Papio papio Papio anubis Papio cynocephalus Papio ursinus The baboons are some of the largest non-hominid members of the primate order; only the Mandrill and the Drill are larger. ... Binomial name Mandrillus sphinx F. Cuvier, 1807 The Mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) is a primate of the Cercopithecidae (Old-world Monkeys) family, closely related to the baboons and even more closely to the Drill. ...


Species

  • Genus Lophocebus
    • Grey-cheeked Mangabey, Lophocebus albigena
    • Black Crested Mangabey, Lophocebus aterrimus
    • Opdenbosch's Mangabey, Lophocebus opdenboschi
    • Highland Mangabey, Lophocebus kipunji

Binomial name Lophocebus albigena (Gray, 1850) The Grey-cheeked Mangabey is an Old World monkey found in the forests of Central Africa. ... Binomial name Lophocebus kipunji (Jones et al. ...

External links

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