Pennant's colobus

Pennant's colobus[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Procolobus
Species: P. pennantii
Binomial name
Procolobus pennantii
(Waterhouse, 1838)
Pennant's Colobus range

Pennant's colobus (Procolobus pennantii) is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family. Its distribution is peculiarly disjunct and has been considered a biogeographical puzzle, with one population on the island of Bioko (Equatorial Guinea), a second in the Niger River Delta in southern Nigeria, and a third in east-central Republic of Congo.[1][3] It is found in rainforests and marshy forests. It is threatened by habitat loss and hunting for bushmeat, and one subspecies, bouvieri, is rated as Critically Endangered,[4] with some fearing that it already may be extinct, as there have been no confirmed sightings in at least 20 years.[5]

Three subspecies of this red colobus are recognized:[1]

However, Groves (2007) raised P. p. epieni, and P. p. bouvieri to P. epieni and P. bouvieri, respectively.[6][7] Ting agreed that preliminary genetic evidence supported elevating P. epieni at least.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Groves, C. (2005). Wilson, D. E., & Reeder, D. M, eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 170. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3. 
  2. ^ a b Oates, J. F., Struhsaker, T. & Ting, N. (2008). Procolobus pennantii. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 January 2009.
  3. ^ Kingdon, J. (1997). The Kingdon Guide to African Mammals. Academic Press Limited, London. ISBN 0-12-408355-2. 
  4. ^ "Procolobus pennantii ssp. bouvieri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2007. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2000. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/18250. Retrieved 2008-07-20. 
  5. ^ Pennant's red colobus. ARKive. Accessed 2008-07-20
  6. ^ Mittermeier, R.A.; Wallis, J.; Rylands, A.B. et al., eds (2009) (PDF). Primates in Peril: The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates 2008–2010. Illustrated by S.D. Nash. Arlington, VA.: IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group (PSG), International Primatological Society (IPS), and Conservation International (CI). pp. 1–92. ISBN 978-1-934151-34-1. http://www.primate-sg.org/PDF/Primates.in.Peril.2008-2010.pdf. 
  7. ^ Groves, C. (2007). "The taxonomic diversity of the Colobinae of Africa". Journal of Anthropological Sciences 85: 7–34. http://arts.anu.edu.au/grovco/Colobus%20JASs%2007.pdf.