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Phylogenetic and population systematics of the Mangabeys (primates: Cercopithecoidea)

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On the basis of original craniological studies, it is concluded that recently published claims based on blood proteins that the Mangabeys are diphletic are valid, and it is proposed to divide them into two distinct genera:Cercocebus (with three species:torquatus (includingatys),agilis, andgaleritus), which belongs to the Cercocebini but has a somewhat isolated position in this tribe, andLophocebus (with one species,albigena: includingaterrimus as a subspecies), which is closer toPapio. The inter-relationships within each genus are discussed, with particular reference to the problem of subspeciesvs. allopatric species. A new subspecies is named and described,Lophocebus albigena osmani, and the anomalous position of the poorly-known subspeciesL.a. opdenboschi is extensively discussed.

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Groves, C.P. Phylogenetic and population systematics of the Mangabeys (primates: Cercopithecoidea). Primates 19, 1–34 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02373224

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