Mainland drill

Mainland drill
Mainland drill[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Mandrillus
Species: M. leucophaeus
Subspecies: M. l. leucophaeus
Trinomial name
Mandrillus leucophaeus leucophaeus
(F. Cuvier, 1807)

The mainland drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus leucophaeus) is a subspecies of the endangered drill. It is distinguished by ringed yellow and black coloring on its crown, and is otherwise similar to the Bioko drill.

References

  1. ^ Groves, C. (2005). Wilson, D. E., & Reeder, D. M, eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 165. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3. 
  2. ^ Oates, J. F. & Butynski, T. M. (2008). Mandrillus leucophaeus ssp. leucophaeus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 January 2009.