Colobus polykomos

(E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1780)

King Colobus

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Primates
Suborder : Haplorhini
Infraorder : Simiiformes
Parvorder : Catarrhini
Superfamily : Cercopithecoidea
Family : Cercopithecidae
Subfamily : Colobinae
Tribe : Colobini
Genus : Colobus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Zimmermann, E.A.W. von. 1780. Geographische Geschichte des Menschen, und der vierfüßigen Thiere. Zweiter Band. Weygandsche Buchhandlung, Leipzig, 432 pp.

Authority publication link

https://leopard.tu-braunschweig.de/rsc/viewer/dbbs_derivate_00004650/max/00000215.jpg

Original name as described

Cebus (Polykomos)

Other common names

Ursine Black-and-white Colobus · Western Black-and-white Colobus · Western Pied Colobus

Type locality

Sierra Leone (probably Sherbro Island).

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Senegal? · Gambia?

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000638

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Colobus Ursinus

W. Ogilby, 1835

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

ursinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

98

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30568607

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Ogilby (1838:284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39314)
  2. Lesson (1842:4) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Cercopithecus comosus

(Daudin, 1802)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

comosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

145

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033395

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Daudin (1802:145, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033395) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)

Colobus polycomos

Lesson, 1827

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

polycomos

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

33

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207465

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:33, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207465) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1842:4) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Colobus polykomos

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

polykomos

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

90

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:90) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:234) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  4. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:701) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  5. Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5144) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5144) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000638) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5144/17944855) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cebus (Polykomos)

(E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1780)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

polykomos

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

202

Authority page URI

https://leopard.tu-braunschweig.de/rsc/viewer/dbbs_derivate_00004650/max/00000215.jpg

Authority publication

Leipzig

Simia Cercopithecus regalis

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

regalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

74

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664092

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Simia Tetradactyla

(Link, 1795)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

tetradactylus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

62

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272938

Authority publication

Rostock

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Simia polycomos

(von Schreber, 1797)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

polycomos

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

pl. 10D

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31059902

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

  1. Goldfuss (1809:64, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497898) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Simia comosa

(G. K. Shaw, 1800)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

comosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

59

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150708

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Colobus Polycomus

W. Ogilby, 1838

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

polycomus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

283

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Ogilby (1838:283) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39314)
  2. Gloger (1841:37, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13515347) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59951)

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