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Mandrillus leucophaeus (drill)

Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae

Taxonomy
Simia leucophaea was named by Cuvier (1807). It is extant.

It was recombined as Cynocephalus leucophaeus by Owen (1853); it was recombined as Mandrillus leucophaeus by Groves (1968).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1792Simia (Papio) sylvicola Kerr
1792Simia (Papio) cinerea Kerr p. 62
1792Simia (Papio) uvea Kerr p. 62
1792Simia (Papio) variegata Kerr p. 62
1795Simia sylvestris Link
1800Simia silvestris Schreber
1807Simia leucophaea Cuvier p. 477
1853Cynocephalus leucophaeus Owen p. 740
1968Mandrillus leucophaeus 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
speciesleucophaeus(Cuvier 1807)

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 leucophaeus Cuvier 1807 [drill]
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Invalid names: Simia (Papio) cinerea Kerr 1792 [synonym], Simia (Papio) sylvicola Kerr 1792 [synonym], Simia (Papio) uvea Kerr 1792 [synonym], Simia (Papio) variegata Kerr 1792 [synonym], Simia silvestris Schreber 1800 [synonym], Simia sylvestris Link 1795 [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: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002
Collections
No collection or age range data are available