Sooty mangabey: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Sooty mangabey Cercocebus atys Vulnerable

Where the sooty mangabey lives – recorded in 2 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 96 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See monkeys on the world map

Scientific name	Cercocebus atys
Group	Monkeys
Status	Vulnerable (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	2 countries
Continents	Africa
Class	Mammal
Order	Primates
Family	Cercopithecidae

Where does the sooty mangabey live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the sooty mangabey in 2 countries and territories across Africa.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the sooty mangabey endangered?

The sooty mangabey’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Vulnerable” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the sooty mangabey?

The sooty mangabey (Cercocebus atys) is a mammal in the order Primates and the family Cercopithecidae, genus Cercocebus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the sooty mangabey

The sooty mangabey (Cercocebus atys) is an Old World monkey found in forests from Senegal in a margin along the coast down to the Ivory Coast.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Sooty mangabey (revision 1380254062), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1365754 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).