White-naped mangabey: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

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

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

Where does the white-naped mangabey live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the white-naped mangabey in 1 country or territory across Africa.

Ivory Coast

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 white-naped mangabey endangered?

The white-naped mangabey’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the white-naped mangabey?

The white-naped mangabey (Cercocebus lunulatus) is a mammal in the order Primates and the family Cercopithecidae, genus Cercocebus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the white-naped mangabey

The white-naped mangabey (Cercocebus lunulatus) is a species of Old World monkey in the subfamily Cercopithecinae. The species is found in the forest of Burkina Faso, Ghana and Ivory Coast. The species population has been declining due to deforestation and hunting and has thus been put as an endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The species was once considered a subspecies of the sooty mangabey but is now a separate species.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article White-naped mangabey (revision 1315313236), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q25391251 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).