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Crested Mangabeys
Lophocebus
The crested mangabeys are West-African Old World monkeys belonging to the genus Lophocebus. They tend to have dark skin, eyelids that match their facial skin, and crests of hair on their heads. Another genus of mangabeys, Cercocebus, was once thought to be very closely related, so much so that all the species were placed in one genus. However, it is now understood that Lophocebus species are more closely related to the baboons in genus Papio, while...
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species
Ugandan grey-cheeked mangabey
speciesLophocebus ugandae
grey-mantled grey-cheeked mangabey
speciesLophocebus albigena
Black Mangabey
speciesLophocebus aterrimus
Johnston's grey-cheeked mangabey
speciesLophocebus johnstoni
Osman Hill's grey-cheeked mangabey
speciesLophocebus osmani
Opdenbosch's mangabey
speciesLophocebus opdenboschi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 43539.