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Red-capped mangabey
Order : Primates
Family : Cercopithecidae
Subfamily : Cercopithecinae
Species : Cercocebus torquatus
The Collared mangabey, red-capped mangabey, sooty mangabey, white-collared mangabey is listed as Near Threatened (Near Threatened (NT), is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future, or LR/nt), is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Countries
Cameroon, Congo, Republic of the, Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal and Sierra LeoneHabitats
Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Forest, Subtropical / Tropical Dry forest, Subtropical / Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level and Wetlands (inland)
Facts about the red-capped mangabey
Red-capped mangabeys are also known as cherry-capped mangabeys and white-collared mangabeys.
Surveys conducted by CERCOPAN which concentrated on Sclater's guenon, indicate red-capped mangabeys are already (Full text)
Red-capped mangabeys are very closely related to sooty mangabeys (Fig. (Full text)
1. Cercocebus, genus Cercocebus -- (mangabeys)Cercocebus
genus Cercocebus
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