Uganda mangabey

Uganda mangabey
Juvenile
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. ugandae
Trinomial name
Lophocebus albigena ugandae
(Matschie, 1912)

The Uganda mangabey (Lophocebus albigena ugandae)[2] is a subspecies of the grey-cheeked mangabey (L. albigena), an Old World monkey, found only in Uganda and in the Minziro Forest Reserve, just over the border in Tanzania. Colin Groves upgraded the Ugandan population of this crested mangabey to the new species L. ugandae on 16 February 2007, but this is not widely accepted. This subspecies is significantly smaller than the other subspecies of grey-cheeked mangabey, with a shorter skull and smaller face. 2018 was the most recent year in which the International Union for Conservation of Nature assessed the conservation status of L. albigena ugandae, describing it as being of vulnerable.[1]

  1. ^ a b Olupot, W. (2020). "Lophocebus albigena ssp. ugandae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T92248984A92249008. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T92248984A92249008.en. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Groves was invoked but never defined (see the help page).