Uganda mangabey
| Uganda mangabey[1] | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Juvenile Uganda mangabey | |
| Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | Cercopithecidae |
| Genus: | Lophocebus |
| Species: | L. ugandae |
| Binomial name | |
| Lophocebus ugandae (Matschie, 1912) | |
The Uganda mangabey (Lophocebus ugandae) is a species of Old World monkey found only in Uganda. This crested mangabey was previously thought to be just be a population of the grey-cheeked mangabey (L. albigena). Colin Groves upgraded the Ugandan population into the new species L. ugandae on February 16, 2007. This species is dramatically smaller than the grey-cheeked mangabey, with a shorter skull and smaller face.[1]
The Uganda mangabey will come to the ground to cross roads, forage and socialise.
References
- 1 2 Groves, Colin (2007). "The Endemic Uganda Mangabey, Lophocebus ugandae, and Other Members of the albigena-Group (Lophocebus)" (PDF). Primate Conservation 22.
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