Mandrillus sphinx (Linnaeus 1758)

[Simia] sphinx Linnaeus 1758, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 25.

Type Locality: Cameroon, Ja River, Bitye.

Vernacular Names: Mandrill.

Synonyms: Mandrillus burlacei Rothschild 1922; Mandrillus ebolowae Matschie and Zukowsky 1917; Mandrillus escherichi Matschie and Zukowsky 1917; Mandrillus hagenbecki Matschie and Zukowsky 1917; Mandrillus insularis Zukowsky 1922; Mandrillus madarogaster (Zimmermann 1780); Mandrillus maimon (Linnaeus 1766); Mandrillus mormon (Alströmer 1766); Mandrillus pennanti (Griffith 1827); Mandrillus planirostris (Elliot 1909); Mandrillus schreberi Matschie 1917; Mandrillus suilla (Kerr 1792); Mandrillus tessmanni Matschie and Zukowsky 1917; Mandrillus zenkeri Matschie and Zukowsky 1917 .

Distribution: Cameroon, south of the Sanaga River; Rio Muni (Equatorial Guinea); Gabon; Republic of Congo. See Grubb (1973) for details.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Vulnerable.