Mainland Drill

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Mainland 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 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.

[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. leucophaeus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2006-07-19. Listed as Endangered (EN A1acd+2cd v2.3)