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Agile mangabey

Cercocebus agilis A. Milne-Edwards, 1886

LCLeast Concernprimates

The agile mangabey (Cercocebus agilis) is a species in the family Cercopithecidae, order Primates. Recorded adults weigh 5.7 kg to 9.75 kg and live up to 24 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Agile mangabey (Cercocebus agilis)
Photo: Joseph Smit · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the agile mangabey

Weight
5.7 kg – 9.75 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
24 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Frugivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
46 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Gestation
170 dayssrc for Gestation
Young per litter or clutch
1src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
4.21 yearssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
0.95src for Litters or clutches a year
Active
By day (diurnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Arborealsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the agile mangabey live?

Not recorded

What is the agile mangabey?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The agile mangabey (Cercocebus agilis) is an Old World monkey of the white-eyelid mangabey group found in swampy forests of Central Africa in Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, and DR Congo. Until 1978, it was considered a subspecies of the Tana River mangabey (C. galeritus). More recently, the golden-bellied mangabey (C. chrysogaster) has been considered a separate species instead of a subspecies of the agile mangabey.

From the Wikipedia article “Agile mangabey” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Agile_mangabey&oldid=1356922548), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the agile mangabey endangered?

The agile mangabey is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the agile mangabey classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderPrimates
  5. familyCercopithecidae
  6. genusCercocebus
  7. SpeciesCercocebus agilis A. Milne-Edwards, 1886

Synonyms Cercocebus fumosus, Cercocebus hagenbecki, Cercocebus oberlaenderi

Other names and names in other languages (16)
  • منجبي رشيقArabic
  • mangabej štíhlýCzech
  • OlivmangabeGerman
  • Mangabey ágilSpanish
  • Mangabeye ágilSpanish
  • harmaamangabiFinnish
  • Mangabé agileFrench
  • Mangabey agileFrench
  • fürge mangábéHungarian
  • Cercocebo agileItalian
  • アジルマンガベイJapanese
  • KongomangabeyDutch
  • OlijfmangabeyDutch
  • mangaba zwinnaPolish
  • Прыткий мангабейRussian
  • 敏白眉猴Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the agile mangabey

Other species in the same genus Cercocebus.

CompareAgile mangabey vs Collared mangabeyAgile mangabey vs Sooty mangabeyAgile mangabey vs Tana river mangabeyAgile mangabey vs Golden-bellied mangabey

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the agile mangabey?

An adult agile mangabey weighs 5.7 kg – 9.75 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the agile mangabey endangered?

The agile mangabey is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

How long does the agile mangabey live?

The agile mangabey has a recorded lifespan of 24 years.

How long is the agile mangabey pregnant?

The recorded gestation period is 170 days.

What kind of animal is the agile mangabey?

The agile mangabey (Cercocebus agilis) belongs to the family Cercopithecidae in the order Primates.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{agile_mangabey_2026,
  title = {Agile mangabey (Cercocebus agilis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/agile-mangabey},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}