Red colobus

Taxobox
name = Red colobusMSW3 Groves | pages = 169-170]


image_caption = "Piliocolobus kirkii"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Primates
familia = Cercopithecidae
subfamilia = Colobinae
genus = "Piliocolobus"
genus_authority = (Rochebrune, 1877)
type_species = "Simia (Cercopithecus) badius"
type_species_authority = Kerr, 1792
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* "Piliocolobus badius"
* "Piliocolobus pennantii"
* "Piliocolobus preussi"
* "Piliocolobus tholloni"
* "Piliocolobus foai"
* "Piliocolobus tephrosceles"
* "Piliocolobus gordonorum"
* "Piliocolobus kirkii"
* "Piliocolobus rufomitratus"

The red colobus are Old World monkeys of the genus "Piliocolobus". They were formerly placed in the genus "Procolobus", which now is limited to the Olive Colobus. They are closely related to the black-and-white colobus monkeys (genus "Colobus") and some species are often found in groups with the Blue Monkey. [Ghiglieri, Michael. "East of the Mountains of the Moon: Chimpanzee Society in the African Rain Forest," The Free Press, 1988, pg. 238.] The Western Red Colobus is frequently hunted by the Common Chimpanzee. [ [http://virus.stanford.edu/filo/eboci.html Ebola Cote d'Ivoire Outbreaks ] ]

pecies

* Western Red Colobus, "Piliocolobus badius"
* Pennant's Colobus, "Piliocolobus pennantii"
* Preuss's Red Colobus, "Piliocolobus preussi"
* Thollon's Red Colobus, "Piliocolobus tholloni"
* Central African Red Colobus, "Piliocolobus foai"
* Ugandan Red Colobus, "Piliocolobus tephrosceles"
* Uzungwa Red Colobus, "Piliocolobus gordonorum"
* Zanzibar Red Colobus, "Piliocolobus kirkii"
* Tana River Red Colobus, "Piliocolobus rufomitratus"

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