Cercocebus chrysogaster

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	PRIMATES	CERCOPITHECIDAE

Scientific Name:

Cercocebus chrysogaster

Species Authority:

Lydekker, 1900

Common Name/s:

English	–	Golden-bellied Mangabey
French	–	Cercocèbe À Ventre Doré
Spanish	–	Bisonte Europeo

Synonym/s:

Cercocebus galeritus Lydekker, 1900 subspecies chrysogaster

Taxonomic Notes:

Grubb et al. (2003) listed this taxon as a subspecies of Cercocebus galeritus, but both Groves (2005) and Kingdon (2001) retain it as a distinct species.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Data Deficient ver 3.1

Year Published:

2008

Assessor/s:

Hart, J., Butynski, T.M. & De Jong, Y.

Reviewer/s:

Mittermeier, R.A. & Rylands, A.B. (Primate Red List Authority)

Contributor/s:

Justification:
Listed as Data Deficient as the limits of distribution and population status of this species are unclear. It is a very poorly known taxon, and while it may be shown to more widely distributed than current information suggests, the presence of known threats, particularly hunting is of some concern. Further survey work is urgently needed to help determine the current status of this species.

History:

2000	–	Data Deficient
1996	–	Data Deficient

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is found south of the Congo River, in the central Congo Basin, where currently believed to be endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The precise northern, southern and eastern range limits are not fully known, but based on current records the western limit is the Congo River, the northern limit could be the Lulonga River, and the eastern limit the Lomami River (Gautier-Hion et al. 1999; Ehardt in press). Found up to 500 m asl.
Countries:	Native: Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
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Population [top]

Population:	This is a poorly known species, and there is a paucity of information available on its population status. It appears to be very patchily distributed across its range, and there are very few records.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species occurs in seasonally inundated lowland and upland rain forest and may occur in gallery forest (Gautier-Hion et al. 1999); sometimes also recorded in secondary forest, and are apparently an agricultural pest in some areas. Diurnal species in which group size probably averages about 15 animals (Gautier-Hion et al. 1999), although J. Eriksson (in Ehardt in press) estimated group size at often more than 100 animals.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Habitat and Ecology:

This species occurs in seasonally inundated lowland and upland rain forest and may occur in gallery forest (Gautier-Hion et al. 1999); sometimes also recorded in secondary forest, and are apparently an agricultural pest in some areas. Diurnal species in which group size probably averages about 15 animals (Gautier-Hion et al. 1999), although J. Eriksson (in Ehardt in press) estimated group size at often more than 100 animals.

Systems:

Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Major threats to this species include hunting (both for meat and the pet trade); they may also be at risk from localized habitat loss.

Major Threat(s):

Major threats to this species include hunting (both for meat and the pet trade); they may also be at risk from localized habitat loss.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	This species is listed on Appendix II of CITES and on Class B of the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. There are no confirmed records from Salonga National Park, although it has been recorded from near the south-west boundary and probably does occur (see Ehardt in press). Further studies into the limits of distribution, abundance, and threats to this species are needed.

Conservation Actions:

This species is listed on Appendix II of CITES and on Class B of the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. There are no confirmed records from Salonga National Park, although it has been recorded from near the south-west boundary and probably does occur (see Ehardt in press). Further studies into the limits of distribution, abundance, and threats to this species are needed.

Citation:	Hart, J., Butynski, T.M. & De Jong, Y. 2008. Cercocebus chrysogaster. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2013.
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