Central African Red Colobus

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Central African Red Colobus[1]

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Piliocolobus
Species: P. foai
Binomial name
Piliocolobus foai
(de Pousargues, 1899)

The Central African Red Colobus (Piliocolobus foai) is an Old World monkey in the Cercopithecidae family. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Congo, the Central African Republic, and Sudan.[1]

[edit] Subspecies

The Central African Red Colobus has 5 recognised subspecies:[1]

  • Piliocolobus foai foai
  • Piliocolobus foai ellioti
  • Piliocolobus foai oustaleti
  • Piliocolobus foai semlikiensis
  • Piliocolobus foai parmentierorum

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 169. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ Butynski, T. & Members of the Primate Specialist Group (2000). Procolobus badius ssp. foai. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2007. Retrieved on 2008-04-20.
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