Cercocebus E. Geoffroy 1812

Cercocebus E. Geoffroy 1812, Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 19: 97.

Type Species: Cercocebus fuliginosus É. Geoffroy 1812

Synonyms: Aethiops Martin 1841; Leptocebus Trouessart 1904 .

Species and subspecies: 6 species with 2 subspecies:

Species Cercocebus agilis Milne-Edwards 1886

Species Cercocebus atys (Audebert 1797)

Subspecies Cercocebus atys subsp. atys Audebert 1797

Subspecies Cercocebus atys subsp. lunulatus Temminick 1853

Species Cercocebus chrysogaster Lydekker 1900

Species Cercocebus galeritus Peters 1879

Species Cercocebus sanjei Mittermeier 1986

Species Cercocebus torquatus (Kerr 1792)

Discussion: Van Gelder (1977 b:8) and Groves (1978 b) included Cercocebus in Cercopithecus . Goodman et al. (1998) included Mandrillus as a subgenus of Cercocebus . McKenna and Bell (1997) continued to include Lophocebus in Cercocebus, although the combined genus is clearly not monophyletc (Groves, 2001 c).