Mandrillus

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Ordo: Primates
Subordo: Haplorrhini
Infraordo: Simiiformes
Parvordo: Catarrhini
Superfamilia: Cercopithecoidea
Familia: Cercopithecidae
Subfamilia: Cercopithecinae
Tribus: Papionini
Genus: Mandrillus
Species: M. leucophaeus - M. sphinx

[edit] Name

Mandrillus, Ritgen, 1824

Type species: Simia maimon Linnaeus, 1766; Simia mormon Alstromer, 1766 (= Simia sphinx Linnaeus, 1758)

[edit] Synonyms

• Chaeropithecus Gray, 1870 [not of de Blainville, 1839]
• Drill Reichenbach, 1862
• Maimon Trouessart, 1904
• Mandril Voigt, 1831
• Mormon Wagner, 1839 [not of Illiger, 1811]
• Papio P.L.S. Müller, 1773 [Suppressed under Opinion 1199 of Int. Commission on Zool. Nomenclature]

[edit] Comments

Not a synonym of Papio (see Groves, 1989), pace McKenna and Bell (1997). Delson and Napier (1976:46) considered these two species in genus Papio, subgenus Papio; placed in subgenus Mandrillus by Dandelot (1974:9). Mandrillus considered a full genus by Groves (1989, 2001c); placed as a subgenus of Cercocebus by Goodman et al. (1998).

[edit] References

• Mandrillus on Mammal Species of the World.
  Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed).

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