Mandrillus leucophaeus (F. Cuvier 1807)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Primates, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 111-184 : 165

Mandrillus leucophaeus (F. Cuvier 1807)

[Simia] leucophaea F. Cuvier 1807 , Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 9: 477.

Type Locality: Africa.

Vernacular Names: Drill.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Mandrillus leucophaeus subsp. leucophaeus F. Cuvier 1807

Subspecies Mandrillus leucophaeus subsp. poensis Zukowsky 1922

Distribution: SE Nigeria; Cameroon, north of the Sanaga River and just south of it; Bioko ( Equatorial Guinea). See Grubb (1973) for details.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Endangered as M. l. leucophaeus and M. l. poensis .

Discussion: The names sylvicola, variegata , cinerea , livea and sylvestris were suppressed by Opinion 935 of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1970).