Cercopithecus mitis ssp. labiatus

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	PRIMATES	CERCOPITHECIDAE

Scientific Name:	Cercopithecus mitis ssp. labiatus
Infra-specific Authority:	I. Geoffroy, 1842
Common Name/s: English – Samango, Samango Monkey, White-lipped Guenon
Synonym/s:	Cercopithecus mitis Wahlberg in Sundevall, 1845 ssp. samango

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Vulnerable   A2c   ver 3.1
Year Published:	2008
Assessor/s:	Lawes, M.J.
Reviewer/s:	Mittermeier, R.A. & Rylands, A.B. (Primate Red List Authority)
Justification: Endemic to South Africa. C. m. labiatus is found in discrete forest areas with no dispersal between subpopulations. It is listed as Vulnerable on the basis of a past decline exceeding 30% over the past 27 years, mainly as suitable habitat has been lost throughout the subspecies' highly fragmented range due to past logging practices, and current forestry plantations.
History:	2003 – Endangered (IUCN 2003)

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:	Native: South Africa (Eastern Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga)
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Population [top]

Population Trend:

Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems:

Terrestrial