Opdenbosch's mangabey (Lophocebus aterrimus opdenboschi) is a subspecies of crested mangabey in the family Cercopithecidae. It has also been treated as a full species. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Belgian Congo).[1]

Opdenbosch's mangabey[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Lophocebus
Species:
Subspecies:
L. a. opdenboschi
Trinomial name
Lophocebus aterrimus opdenboschi

References edit

  1. ^ a b 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. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Maisels, F.; Hart, J. & Ron, T. (2020). "Lophocebus aterrimus ssp. opdenboschi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T12311A176624079. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T12311A176624079.en. Retrieved 28 July 2022.