Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of White-naped mangabey (Cercocebus lunulatus), recorded as Endangered
White-naped mangabey (Cercocebus lunulatus). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

White-naped mangabey

Cercocebus lunulatus

White-naped mangabey is an Old World monkey in the family Cercopithecidae (order Primates) — Cercocebus lunulatus, recorded as Endangered.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Cercocebus lunulatus
Taxonomy
Mammalia · Primates · Cercopithecidae · Cercocebus

Range and habitat

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.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

In crisis

White-naped mangabey is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on White-naped mangabey, Wikidata item Q25391251. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

Same genus

Photograph of Tana River mangabey (Cercocebus galeritus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Tana River mangabey

Cercocebus galeritus
Photograph of Collared mangabey (Cercocebus torquatus), recorded as EndangeredEN

Collared mangabey

Cercocebus torquatus
Photograph of Golden-bellied mangabey (Cercocebus chrysogaster), recorded as EndangeredEN

Golden-bellied mangabey

Cercocebus chrysogaster
Photograph of Sanje mangabey (Cercocebus sanjei), recorded as EndangeredEN

Sanje mangabey

Cercocebus sanjei

Quick answers

What is White-naped mangabey?
The species is found in the forest of Burkina Faso, Ghana and Ivory Coast.
What is the conservation status of White-naped mangabey?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Cercocebus lunulatus. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does White-naped mangabey live?
The species is found in the forest of Burkina Faso, Ghana and Ivory Coast.
Why is White-naped mangabey in crisis?
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.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Cercocebus lunulatus?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is White-naped mangabey a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.