Johnston's mangabey | |
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Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Family: | Cercopithecidae |
Genus: | Lophocebus |
Species: | L. johnstoni |
Binomial name | |
Lophocebus johnstoni Lydekker, 1900 |
The Johnston’s mangabey (Lophocebus johnstoni) is a species of crested mangabey in the family Cercopithecidae. It had been was considered a subspecies of the gray-cheeked mangabey (L. albigena), but in 2007 was given the status of species by Colin Groves, with Osman Hill's mangabey (L. osmani) and the Uganda mangabey (L. ugandae).