Tana River mangabey: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Tana River mangabey lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Cercocebus galeritus
Group	Monkeys
Status	Critically endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Africa
Class	Mammal
Order	Primates
Family	Cercopithecidae

Where does the Tana River mangabey live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Tana River mangabey in 1 country or territory across Africa. Wikidata lists it as endemic to Kenya.

Kenya

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 Tana River mangabey endangered?

The Tana River mangabey’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Critically endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Tana River mangabey?

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

About the Tana River mangabey

The Tana River mangabey (Cercocebus galeritus) is a highly endangered species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. Some authorities have included the taxa agilis and sanjei as subspecies of this species, while others award these full species status.

It is endemic to riverine forest patches along the lower Tana River in southeastern Kenya. It is threatened by habitat loss and degradation, which has increased in recent years. This species was, together with the equally endangered Tana River red colobus, the main reason for the creation of the Tana River Primate Reserve in 1978, but human encroachment within this reserve continues. Recently, it has been suggested that 20,000 hectares of the Tana River Delta should be transformed into sugarcane plantations, but this has, temporarily at least, been stopped by the High Court of Kenya.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Tana River mangabey (revision 1356922607), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q547982 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).