MANGABEYS
MANGABEYS
The mangabey tribe, Papionini, includes two genera, Cercocebus with seven species and two subspecies, and Lophocebus two species and five subspecies.
CRESTED MANGABEYS
Genus: Lophocebus
Lophocebus aterrimus
CONSERVATION STATUS: NEAR THREATENED
Black-crested mangabeys, also known as black mangabeys, are distributed patchily across the rainforests of Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Deforestation has reduced their native forests to islets amidst large expanses of savanna and agricultural land. Within these islets, the mangabeys spend most of their time foraging in the trees between the middle and upper canopy. They prefer…
Lophocebus albigena
CONSERVATION STATUS: VULNERABLE
The gray-cheeked mangabey, also known as the white-cheeked mangabey, can be found in the forests of Central Africa, from Cameroon in the north to Gabon in the south. These large monkeys are almost completely arboreal and rarely come to the ground. They prefer to use the upper to middle layer of the canopy as they travel from tree to tree looking for food. Mangabeys are adapted to live in different types…
WHITE-EYELID MANGABEYS
Genus: Cercocebus
Cercocebus agilis
CONSERVATION STATUS: LEAST CONCERN
The agile mangabey is a primate species native to several countries on the African continent: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Central African Republic, and Gabon. Although they have different geographical boundaries in each direction, agile mangabeys can be throughout the…
Cercocebus chrysogaster
CONSERVATION STATUS: ENDANGERED
Only found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, golden-bellied mangabeys are found south of the Congo River in two separate population blocks that do not seem to have any connection to each other. Because both blocks are severely fragmented, it’s unknown how much of these ranges golden-bellied mangabeys…
Cercocebus torquatus
CONSERVATION STATUS: VULNERABLE
The red-capped mangabey, also known as the collared mangabey, red-crowned mangabey, or the white-collared mangabey, is native to the Atlantic coast of West and Central Africa. Specifically, the red-capped mangabey is found in coastal, swamp, mangrove, and valley forests from western Nigeria, east and south into…
Cercocebus sanjei
CONSERVATION STATUS: ENDANGERED
The Sanje mangabey can be found in the highlands of Tanzania. They often live in mountainous and sub-montane forests, and spend over half of their time on the forest floor. These regions rest between 951 to 6,561 feet (290 to 2,000 m) above sea level. Sanje mangabeys can be found in the Mwanihana Forest and Udzungwa…
Cercocebus atys
CONSERVATION STATUS: VULNERABLE
The sooty mangabey, also called the spectacled mangabey, is native to West Africa. The geographic range includes the coastal countries of Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Cote d’Ivoire west of the Nzo-Sassandra River system. Sadly, this species has drastically declined throughout much of its natural…
Cercocebus galeritus
CONSERVATION STATUS: CRITICALLY ENDANGERED
The Tana River mangabey, also known as the Tana River crested mangabey, is endemic to a small stretch of floodplain forests along the Tana River in Kenya. They occupy about 27 small (under 1,200 acre/5 km²) forests, many of which are fragmented, both naturally and anthropogenically. The species’ entire range is less…
Cercocebus lunulatus
CONSERVATION STATUS: ENDANGERED
The white-naped mangabey, also known as the white-collared or white-crowned mangabey, is native to the West African countries of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, and possibly a small area in Burkina Faso. White-naped mangabeys were first discovered in Burkina Faso in 2006, and by 2014, they were already believed to be extirpated…