Sooty mangabey (Cercocebus atys)

Species information

Facts & Status
Description
Glossary & References
All

Facts

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Primates
Family	Cercopithecidae
Genus	Cercocebus (1)

Status

Classified as Lower Risk / Near Threatened (LR/nt) on the IUCN Red List 2007 (1) and listed on Appendix II of CITES (2). Subspecies: Cercocebus atys lunulatus (white-collared mangabey) classified as Critically Endangered (CR) (1).

Description

Information on the sooty mangabey is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.

Glossary

Subspecies: A population usually restricted to a geographical area that differs from other populations of the same species, but not to the extent of being classified as a separate species.