Order Primates Author Colin P. Groves text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 243 277 book chapter 193461 10.5281/zenodo.7353122 0df816bd-0cef-463a-94c2-b03e13ea7128 1-56098-217-9 7353122 Mandrillus sphinx (Linnaeus, 1758) . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:25 . TYPE LOCALITY: Cameroon , Ja River, Bitye . DISTRIBUTION: Cameroon , south of the Sanaga River; Rio Muni ( Equatorial Guinea ); Gabon ; Congo Republic . See Grubb (1973) for details. STATUS: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Vulnerable. SYNONYMS: burlacei , ebolowae, escherichi , insularis , madarogaster , maimon , mormon , planirostris , schreberi , suilla , tessmanni , zenkeri . COMMENTS: Delson and Napier (1976:46) considered sphinx in genus Papio , subgenus Papio . Placed in subgenus Mandrillus by Dandelot (1974:9) . Mandrillus considered a full genus by Groves (1989).