Rungwecebus

Rungwecebus kipunji

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: Rungwecebus
Species: R. kipunji

Name

Rungwecebus Davenport et al., 2006. Type species: Lophocebus kipunji Ehardt, Butynski, Jones & Davenport, 2005, by monotypy.

References

• Davenport T.R.B.; Stanley, W.T.; Sargis, E.J.; De Luca, D.W.; Mpunga, N.E.; Machaga, S.J.; Olson, L.E. 2006: A new genus of African monkey, Rungwecebus: morphology, ecology, and molecular phylogenetics. Science, 312: 1378–1381.
• Jones, T., Ehardt, C.L., Butynski, T.M., Davenport, T.R.B., Mpunga, N.E., Machaga, S.J. & De Luca, D.W. 2005. The highland mangabey Lophocebus kipunji: a new species of African monkey. Science 308: 1161–1164. DOI: 10.1126/science.1109191 Reference page. 
• Olson, L.E.; Sargis, E.J.; Stanley, W.T.; Hildebrandt, K.B.P.; Davenport T.R.B. 2008: Additional molecular evidence strongly supports the distinction between the recently described African primate Rungwecebus kipunji (Cercopithecidae, Papionini) and Lophocebus. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 48: 789–794.
• Zinner, D.; Arnold, M.L.; Roos, C. 2009: Is the new primate genus Rungwecebus a baboon? PLoS ONE, 4(3): e4859. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0004859 [1]

Vernacular names

English: Highland mangabey, kipunji
polski: Kipunja

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