Mandrillus

Mandrillus sphinx (mandrill)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cercopithecoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Primates Subordo: Haplorhini Infraordo: Simiiformes Parvordo: Catarrhini Superfamilia: Cercopithecoidea

Familia: Cercopithecidae
Subfamilia: Cercopithecinae
Tribus: Papionini
Genus: Mandrillus
Species: M. leucophaeus - M. sphinx

Name

• Mandrillus Ritgen, 1824 [placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Melville (1982: 15), with the Name Number 2141] [source: Melville (1982: 15)]
  • Gender: masculine [source: Melville (1982: 15)]
  • Type species: Simia sphinx Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent designation by Allen (1939) [source: Melville (1982: 15)]

Synonyms

• Papio Müller, 1773 [placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology by Melville (1982: 15), with the Name Number 2121, suppressed for the purposes of both the Law of Priority and the Law of Homonymy] [source: Melville (1982: 15)]
• Chaeropithecus Gray, 1870 [not of de Blainville, 1839]
• Drill Reichenbach, 1862
• Maimon Trouessart, 1904
• Mandril Voigt, 1831
• Mormon Wagner, 1839 [not of Illiger, 1811]

References

cited sources

• Melville, R.V. 1982: OPINION 1199. PAPIO ERXLEBEN, 1777, AND MANDRILLUS RITGEN, 1824 (MAMMALIA, PRIMATES): DESIGNATION OF TYPE SPECIES. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature, 39: 15–18. ISSN: 0007-5167 Internet Archive BHL BioStor

Additional references

• Mandrillus in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Vernacular names

dansk: Skovbavianer
Deutsch: Backenfurchenpaviane
English: Mandrillus
polski: Mandryl
русский: Мандрилы