Rungwecebus

Rungwecebus kipunji

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cercopithecoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Primates Subordo: Haplorhini Infraordo: Simiiformes Parvordo: Catarrhini Superfamilia: Cercopithecoidea

Familia: Cercopithecidae
Subfamilia: Cercopithecinae
Tribus: Papionini
Genus: Rungwecebus
Species: R. kipunji

Name

Rungwecebus Davenport, Stanley, Sargis, De Luca, Mpunga, Machaga & Olson, 2006

Type species: Lophocebus kipunji Ehardt, Butynski, Jones & Davenport, 2005, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Davenport, T.R.B., Stanley, W.T., Sargis, E.J., De Luca, D.W., Mpunga, N.E., Machaga, S.J. & Olson, L.E. 2006. A New Genus of African Monkey, Rungwecebus: Morphology, Ecology, and Molecular Phylogenetics. Science 312(5778): 1378–1381. DOI: 10.1126/science.1125631 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Jones, T., Ehardt, C.L., Butynski, T.M., Davenport, T.R.B., Mpunga, N.E., Machaga, S.J. & De Luca, D.W. 2005. The Highland Mangabey Lophocebus kipunji: A New Species of African Monkey. Science 308: 1161–1164. DOI: 10.1126/science.1109191 ResearchGate Reference page. 

Additional references

• Olson, L.E., Sargis, E.J., Stanley, W.T., Hildebrandt, K.B.P. & Davenport, T.R.B. 2008. Additional molecular evidence strongly supports the distinction between the recently described African primate Rungwecebus kipunji (Cercopithecidae, Papionini) and Lophocebus. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 48: 789–794.
• Zinner, D., Arnold, M.L. & Roos, C. 2009. Is the new primate genus Rungwecebus a baboon? PLoS ONE, 4(3): e4859. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0004859 [1]

Vernacular names

English: Kipunji
polski: Kipunja

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