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title: "Grey-mantled grey-cheeked mangabey"
description: "Lophocebus albigena — Mammiferi. The grey-cheeked mangabey (Lophocebus albigena), also known as the white-cheeked mangabey, is an Old World monkey found in the forests of Central Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/grey-mantled-grey-cheeked-mangabey
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Grey-mantled grey-cheeked mangabey

> Lophocebus albigena — Mammiferi. The grey-cheeked mangabey (Lophocebus albigena), also known as the white-cheeked mangabey, is an Old World monkey found in the forests of Central Africa.

- Scientific name: *Lophocebus albigena*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `jungle` (Giungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 115
- Wikidata: [Q636490](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q636490)
- iNaturalist taxon: [43540](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43540)

## Names

- en: Grey-mantled grey-cheeked mangabey
- de: Grauwangenmangabe
- es: Mangabey De Mejillas Grises
- fr: Mangabé à joues grises
- nl: Mantelmangabey
- pl: Mangabka siwolica

## Countries with the most observations

GA (59), CG (29), CM (9), CF (3)

## Summary

The grey-cheeked mangabey (Lophocebus albigena), also known as the white-cheeked mangabey, is an Old World monkey found in the forests of Central Africa. It ranges from Cameroon down to Gabon. The grey-cheeked mangabey is a dark monkey, looking in shape overall like a small, hairy baboon. Its thick brown fur is almost black in its forest home, with a slightly rufus/golden mane around the neck. The sexes are similar, with the males slightly larger than the females.
The grey-cheeked mangabey lives in a variety of habitats with the forests of Central Africa, it is generally thought to live in either swamp or primary…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey-cheeked_mangabey

## Photo

![Grey-mantled grey-cheeked mangabey](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/grey-mantled-grey-cheeked-mangabey/medium.jpg)

Photo: Joseph Wolf · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PresbytesAlbigenaWolf.jpg

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/grey-mantled-grey-cheeked-mangabey?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).