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Mandrillus sphinx (mandrill)

Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae

Taxonomy
Simia sphinx was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Mandril sphinx by Thomas (1911); it was recombined as Mandrillus sphinx by Allen (1939) and Groves (1968).

Synonyms
  • Simia mormon was named by Alströmer (1766). It is extant.

    It was recombined as Papio mormon by Owen (1853); it was synonymized subjectively with Mandrillus sphinx by Allen (1939).
  • Simia maimon was named by Linnaeus (1766). It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Mandrillus sphinx by Allen (1939).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Simia sphinx Linnaeus p. 25
1766Simia mormon Alströmer
1766Simia maimon Linnaeus p. 35
1853Papio mormon Owen p. 732
1911Mandril sphinx Thomas p. 126
1939Mandrillus sphinx Allen p. 157
1968Mandrillus sphinx Groves p. 37

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
infraorderHaplorhini(Pocock 1918)
—Anthropoidea(Mivart 1864)
infraorderCatarrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
superfamilyCercopithecoidea
familyCercopithecidae
subfamilyCercopithecinae
genusMandrillusRitgen 1824
speciessphinx()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Mandrillus sphinx Linnaeus 1758 [mandrill]
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Invalid names: Simia maimon Linnaeus 1766 [synonym], Simia mormon Alströmer 1766 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealf
Diet: frugivoref
Diet 2: folivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:20:00
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available