Bioko drill

Bioko drill
Bioko 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 poensis
Zukowsky, 1922

The Bioko drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus poensis) is a subspecies of the endangered drill living on the island of Bioko in Equatorial Guinea. It is distinguished by a brownish yellow crown with a black tip. It is otherwise like the mainland 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. poensis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 January 2009.


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