Opdenbosch's mangabey

Opdenbosch's mangabey[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Lophocebus
Species: L. opdenboschi
Binomial name
Lophocebus opdenboschi
Scouteden, 1944

Opdenbosch's mangabey (Lophocebus opdenboschi) is a species of crested mangabey in the family Cercopithecidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1] It was formerly considered a subspecies of the black crested mangabey, (L. aterrimus).[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Groves, C.P. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 160. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
  2. Hart, J., Groves, C. P. & Ehardt, C. (2008). Lophocebus aterrimus ssp. opdenboschi. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 4 January 2009.


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