Cercocebus galeritus galeritus

(Tana River Mangabey)

Overview:

Critically Endangered

Conservation Status

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IUCN Red List: CR Critically Endangered

History:

1965-"Status inadequately known-survey required or data sought" (Scott 1965)
1986-Endangered (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)
1988-Endangered (Lee et al. 1988)
1988-Endangered (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1990-Endangered (IUCN 1990)
1994-Endangered (Groombridge 1994)
1996-Endangered (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)

Threats:

1.1.1 Habitat Loss/Degradation - Agriculture - Crops (ongoing)
1.4.2 Habitat Loss/Degradation - Infrastructure development - Human settlement (ongoing)
1.4.6 Habitat Loss/Degradation - Infrastructure development - Dams (ongoing)
3.1.1 Harvesting (hunting/gathering) - Food - Subsistence use/local trade (ongoing)
3.4.1 Harvesting (hunting/gathering) - Materials - Subsistence use/local trade (ongoing)

For info on these threat codes, see here.

Justification

Regarded as Critically Endangered based on an area of occupancy of less than 100 km², high population fragmentation, and continuing decline due to rapid habitat destruction. In 1994, there were an estimated 1,000-1,200 individuals (Butynski and Mwangi 1995).

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - (hatschek, 1888) cavalier-smith, 1983 - bilaterians
    - Branch: Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908 - deuterostomes
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata auct. - jawed vertebrates
        Superclass: Tetrapoda Goodrich, 1930 - tetrapods
        Series: Amniota
        Class: Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
        Subclass: Theriiformes (Rowe, 1988) McKenna & Bell, 1997:vii,36
        Infraclass: Holotheria (Wible et al., 1995) McKenna & Bell, 1997:vii,43
        Superlegion: Trechnotheria McKenna, 1975
        Legion: Cladotheria McKenna, 1975
        Infralegion: Tribosphenida (McKenna, 1975) McKenna & Bell, 1997:vii,48
        Supercohort: Theria (Parker & Haswell, 1897) McKenna & Bell, 1997:viii,49 - therians
        Cohort: Placentalia (Owen, 1837) McKenna & Bell, 1997:viii,80 - placentals
        Superorder: Preptotheria (McKenna, 1975) McKenna in Stucky & McKenna in Benton, ed., 1993:7
        Grandorder: Archonta (Gregory, 1910) McKenna, 1975:41
        Order: Primates Linnaeus, 1758 - primates
        Suborder: Euprimates (Hoffstetter, 1978) McKenna & Bell, 1997:viii,328
        Infraorder: Haplorhini (Pocock, 1918) McKenna & Bell, 1997
        Superfamily: Cercopithecoidea (Gray, 1821) Gregory & Hellman, 1923:14
        Family: Cercopithecidae Gray, 1821 - old world monkeys
        Subfamily: Cercopithecinae
        Tribe: Papionini
        Genus: Cercocebus Ã‰. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812
        Specific name: galeritus
        Subspecies: galeritus
        Scientific name: Cercocebus galeritus galeritus

Physical Description

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Distribution

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Similar Species

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Members of the genus Cercocebus:

There are approximately 19 species in this genus.: C. agilis (Agile Mangabey) · C. albigena · C. albigena aterrimus · C. albigena auricus · C. albigena johnstoni · C. albigena zenkeri · C. aterrimus · C. atys (Mangabeys) · C. atys lunulatus (White-Collared Mangabey) · C. chrysogaster · C. galeritus (Agile Mangabey) · C. galeritus chrysogaster (Golden-Bellied Mangabey) · C. galeritus galeritus (Tana River Mangabey) · C. galeritus sanjei (Sanje Crested Mangabey) · C. hagenbecki · C. jamrachi · C. torquatus (Collared Mangabey) · C. torquatus atys · C. torquatus torquatus

Bibliography

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Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
Butynski, T. and Mwangi, G. 1995. Census of Kenya's endangered Red Colobus and Crested Mangabey. African Primates 1: 8-10.
Hilton-Taylor, C. (compiler). 2000. 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1986. 1986 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
Lee, P.C., Thornback, J. and Bennett, E.L. 1988. Threatened Primates of Africa. The IUCN Red Data Book. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
Scott, P. (ed.) 1965. Section XIII. Preliminary List of Rare Mammals and Birds. In: The Launching of a New Ark, pp. 15–207. First Report of the President and Trustees of the World Wildlife Fund. An International Foundation for saving the world's wildlife and wild places 1961–1964. Collins, London.

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Notes

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Contributors:

Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
Butynski, T. & Members of the Primate Specialist Group 2000. Cercocebus galeritus ssp. galeritus. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 14 January 2007.

Identifiers:

Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 1475955
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 615331

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Last Revised: February 14, 2008