Osman Hill's mangabey

Osman Hill's mangabey[1]
Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Lophocebus
Species: L. osmani
Binomial name
Lophocebus osmani
Groves, 1978

Osman Hill’s mangabey (Lophocebus osmani) is a species of crested mangabey in the Cercopithecidae family. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the gray-cheeked mangabey, L. albigena.[1] It was named after William Charles Osman Hill, a primatologist, anthropologist, and anatomist from the 20th century.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Groves, C. (2005). Wilson, D. E., & Reeder, D. M, eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 160. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=12100525. 
  2. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 301–302. ISBN 978-0801893049. http://books.google.com/books?id=I-kSmWLc6vYC&pg=PA301&lpg=PA301&dq=William+Charles+Osman+Hill&source=bl&ots=WoojyHW1-m&sig=QC1V2xj4jxu9JODI2WXHlT-w12M&hl=en&ei=sQ9CTf7PN8jngQe12ayDAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CF0Q6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=William%20Charles%20Osman%20Hill&f=false.