Red colobus

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Red colobi[1]
Piliocolobus kirkii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cercopithecidae
Subfamily: Colobinae
Genus: Piliocolobus
(Rochebrune, 1877)
Type species
Simia (Cercopithecus) badius
Kerr, 1792
Species

The red colobus are Old World monkeys of the genus Piliocolobus. 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.[2] The Western Red Colobus is frequently hunted by the Common Chimpanzee.[3]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ 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, 169-170. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ Ghiglieri, Michael. East of the Mountains of the Moon: Chimpanzee Society in the African Rain Forest, The Free Press, 1988, pg. 238.
  3. ^ Ebola Cote d'Ivoire Outbreaks