| White-eyelid mangabeys | |
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| Sooty mangabey (Cercocebus atys) | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Cercopithecidae |
| Subfamily: | Cercopithecinae |
| Tribe: | Papionini |
| Genus: | Cercocebus É. Geoffroy, 1812[1] |
| Type species | |
| Cercocebus fuliginosus | |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Thewhite-eyelid mangabeys are AfricanOld Worldmonkeys belonging to thegenusCercocebus. They are characterized by their bare uppereyelids, which are lighter than their facial skin colouring, and the uniformly coloured hairs of thefur.[2] The other two genera ofmangabeys,Lophocebus andRungwecebus, were once thought to be very closely related toCercocebus, so much so that all the species were placed in one genus, butLophocebus andRungwecebus species are now understood to be more closely related to thebaboons in genusPapio, while theCercocebus species are more closely related to themandrill.
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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| Agile mangabey
| C. agilis A. Milne-Edwards, 1886 | Central Africa | Size: 44–65 cm (17–26 in) long, plus 45–79 cm (18–31 in) tail[3] Habitat: Forest[4] Diet: Fruit, seeds and shoots, as well as small vertebrates[4] | LC
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| Collared mangabey
| C. torquatus (Kerr, 1792) | Western Africa | Size: 45–67 cm (18–26 in) long, plus 60–75 cm (24–30 in) tail[5] Habitat: Forest[6] Diet: Fruit and nuts, as well as stems and roots[5] | EN
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| Golden-bellied mangabey
| C. chrysogaster Lydekker, 1900 | Central Africa | Size: 40–80 cm (16–31 in) long, plus 45–100 cm (18–39 in) tail[7] Habitat: Forest[8] Diet: Invertebrates, fruit, seeds, and nectar[7] | EN
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| Sanje mangabey
| C. sanjei Mittermeier, 1986 | East-central Africa | Size: 50–65 cm (20–26 in) long, plus 55–65 cm (22–26 in) tail[9] Habitat: Forest[10] Diet: Fruit, nuts, and seeds, as well as fungi, invertebrates, and plants[10] | EN
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| Sooty mangabey
| C. atys (Audebert, 1797) | Western Africa | Size: 40–68 cm (16–27 in) long, plus 40–80 cm (16–31 in) tail[11] Habitat: Forest and savanna[12] Diet: Fruit and nuts, as well as swamp plants, grass, seeds, fungi, and invertebrates[11] | VU
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| Tana River mangabey
| C. galeritus Peters, 1879 | Eastern Africa | Size: 44–63 cm (17–25 in) long, plus 50–68 cm (20–27 in) tail[13] Habitat: Forest, shrubland, and inland wetlands[14] Diet: Fruit and seeds, as well as stems, leaves, insects, and fungi[13] | CR
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| White-naped mangabey
| C. lunulatus (Temminck, 1853) | Western Africa | Size: 52–73 cm (20–29 in) long, plus 68–74 cm (27–29 in) tail[5] Habitat: Forest and inland wetlands[15] Diet: Fruit, leaves, seeds, buds, and grass[16] | EN
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