Papio leucophaeus (F.Cuvier, 1807)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- F. Cuvier (1807): Papio leucophaeus. Ann . Mus . Hist. Nat. Paris 9
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Primates
- family
- Cercopithecidae
- genus
- Mandrillus
- species
- Mandrillus leucophaeus
conservation
PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix I as P. (= Mandrillus) leucophaeus and U. S. ESA- Endangered as P. leucophaeus.
discussion
COMMENT: Delson and Napier, 1976, Bull. Zool. Nomenci., 33: 46, considered this species in the subgenus Papio. Placed in subgenus Mandrillus by Dandelot, 1974, Part 3: 9. See Grubb, 1973, Folia Primatol., 20: 161 - 177, for details of distribution.
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: S. E. Nigeria; Cameroun, north of the Sanaga River and just south of it; Bioko.
materials_examined
TYPE LOCALITY: Africa.
Name
- Homonyms
- Papio leucophaeus (F.Cuvier, 1807)