Bioko Drill

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Bioko Drill[1]
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 2.3)[2]
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. It is distinguished by a brownish yellow crown with a black tip. It is otherwise like the Mainland Drill.

[edit] References

1. ^ Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 165. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
2. ^ Butynski, T. & Members of the Primate Specialist Group (2000). Mandrillus leucophaeus ssp. poensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2006-07-19. Listed as Endangered (EN A2cd, B1+2abcde, C1 v2.3)