White-eyelid mangabey

White-eyelid mangabeys
Sooty mangabey (Cercocebus atys)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Family:	Cercopithecidae
Genus:	Cercocebus É. Geoffroy, 1812
Type species
Cercocebus fuliginosus É. Geoffroy, 1812 (= Simia (Cercopithecus) aethiops torquatus, Kerr, 1792)
Species
Cercocebus atys Cercocebus torquatus Cercocebus agilis Cercocebus chrysogaster Cercocebus galeritus Cercocebus sanjei

The white-eyelid mangabeys are African Old World monkeys, belonging to the genus Cercocebus. They are characterized by their bare upper eyelids which are lighter than their facial skin colouring, and the uniformly coloured hairs of the fur. The other two genera of mangabeys, Lophocebus and Rungwecebus, were once thought to be very closely related to Cercocebus, so much so that all the species were placed in one genus. However, it is now understood that Lophocebus and Rungwecebus species are more closely related to the baboons in genus Papio, while the Cercocebus species are more closely related to the mandrill.

Species

• Genus Cercocebus
  • Sooty mangabey, Cercocebus atys
  • Collared mangabey, Cercocebus torquatus
  • Agile mangabey, Cercocebus agilis
  • Golden-bellied mangabey, Cercocebus chrysogaster
  • Tana River mangabey, Cercocebus galeritus
  • Sanje mangabey, Cercocebus sanjei

References

• Groves, C. (2005). Wilson, D. E., & Reeder, D. M, eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 153-154. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=12100425. 

External links

• Primate Info Net Cercocebus Factsheets
• Cercocebus in Animal Diversity Web

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 

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