| Black-crested mangabey[1] | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Cercopithecidae |
| Genus: | Lophocebus |
| Species: | L. aterrimus
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| Binomial name | |
| Lophocebus aterrimus (Oudemans, 1890)
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| Black crested mangabey range | |
The black crested mangabey (Lophocebus aterrimus) is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is only found in Democratic Republic of the Congo with a small habitat extending to Angola. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.[2]
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Maisels, F.; Hart, J.; Laudisoit, A. (2020). "Lophocebus aterrimus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T12310A166607638. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T12310A166607638.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.