Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Ordo: Primates
Subordo: Haplorrhini
Infraordo: Simiiformes
Parvordo: Catarrhini
Superfamilia: Cercopithecoidea
Familia: Cercopithecidae
Subfamilia: Cercopithecinae
Tribus: Papionini
Genus: Mandrillus
Species: M. leucophaeus - M. sphinx
Name
Mandrillus, Ritgen, 1824
Type species: Simia maimon Linnaeus, 1766; Simia mormon Alstromer, 1766 (= Simia sphinx Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
* Chaeropithecus Gray, 1870 [not of de Blainville, 1839]
* Drill Reichenbach, 1862
* Maimon Trouessart, 1904
* Mandril Voigt, 1831
* Mormon Wagner, 1839 [not of Illiger, 1811]
* Papio P.L.S. Müller, 1773 [Suppressed under Opinion 1199 of Int. Commission on Zool. Nomenclature]
Vernacular names
Comments
Not a synonym of Papio (see Groves, 1989), pace McKenna and Bell (1997). Delson and Napier (1976:46) considered these two species in genus Papio, subgenus Papio; placed in subgenus Mandrillus by Dandelot (1974:9). Mandrillus considered a full genus by Groves (1989, 2001c); placed as a subgenus of Cercocebus by Goodman et al. (1998).
References
* Mandrillus on Mammal Species of the World.
* Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2 Volume Set edited by Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder
