234 observations
Ugandan grey-cheeked mangabey
Lophocebus ugandae
Taxonomy
Kingdom: Animalia ›Phylum: Chordata ›Class: Mammalia ›Order: Primates ›Family: Cercopithecidae ›Genus: Lophocebus
About
The Uganda mangabey (Lophocebus albigena ugandae) 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...
Frequently Asked Questions
- The scientific name of Ugandan grey-cheeked mangabey is Lophocebus ugandae.
- Ugandan grey-cheeked mangabey belongs to the kingdom Animalia.
- Ugandan grey-cheeked mangabey belongs to the phylum Chordata.
- Ugandan grey-cheeked mangabey belongs to the class Mammalia.
- Ugandan grey-cheeked mangabey belongs to the order Primates.
- Ugandan grey-cheeked mangabey belongs to the family Cercopithecidae.
- Ugandan grey-cheeked mangabey belongs to the genus Lophocebus.