Piliocolobus badius

(Kerr, 1792)

Upper Guinea Red 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 : Piliocolobus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Kerr, R. 1792. The Animal Kingdom, or Zoological System of the celebrated Sir Charles Linnaeus. Class I. Mammalia. A. Strahan, T. Cadell, and W. Creech, Edinburgh, 462 pp.

Authority publication link

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

Original name as described

Simia Cercopithecus badius

Other common names

Upper Guinea Bay Colobus · Western Red Colobus · West African Red Colobus

Type locality

Sierra Leone (probably Sherbro Island).

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

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

Taxonomy notes

includes P. temmincki and previously included P. waldroni

Taxonomy notes citation

Groves, C.P. 2007. The taxonomic diversity of the Colobinae of Africa. Journal of Anthropological Sciences 85: 7-34. · McGraw, S., Minhós, T., Bersacola, E., Ferreira da Silva, M.J., Galat, G., Galat-Luong, A., Gonedelé Bi, S., Mayhew, M., Oates, J.F. & Starin, E.D. 2020. Piliocolobus badius. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T161247840A161259430. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T161247840A161259430.en. Downloaded on 02 October 2020.

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000641

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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 fuliginosus

(W. Ogilby, 1835)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

fuliginosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1837.7.15.355

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/807dc2bb-4f13-4acc-b6cc-082ffcdff21d https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f091e5bb-2d6e-45d5-b0a2-1ff31f4d728e

Authority page

97

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30568606

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Colobus Rufo-fuliginus

(W. Ogilby, 1838)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

rufofuliginus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1837.7.15.355

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/807dc2bb-4f13-4acc-b6cc-082ffcdff21d https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f091e5bb-2d6e-45d5-b0a2-1ff31f4d728e

Authority page

269, 270

Authority page URI

https://books.google.com/books?id=qOZEAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA269 https://books.google.com/books?id=qOZEAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA270

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Ogilby (1838:269, 270) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39314)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Colobus Rufo-niger

(W. Ogilby, 1838)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

rufoniger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.407

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5619d1c8-103d-43fb-add0-072071a30e44

Authority page

273

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Ogilby (1838:273) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39314)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Colobus temminkii

(Kuhl, 1820)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

temminckii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

as_emended

Type

RMNH.MAM.39128

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39128

Authority page

7

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230833

Authority publication

Frankfurt am Main

Colobus ferrugineus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

ferrugineus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

4

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:4) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Colobus badius

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

badius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

89

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:89) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:233) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Piliocolobus badius

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

badius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:705) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000381) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000381) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000641) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/161247840/161259430) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Piliocolobus badius badius

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

badius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

ferriginea

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

ferriginea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

169

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Groves (2005:169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Piliocolobus badius temminckii

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

temminckii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Procolobus badius

(Butynski, Kingdon, & Kalina, 2013)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

badius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

128

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)

Piliocolobus temminckii

Mittermeier, Rylands, & D. E. Wilson, 2013

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

temminckii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

705

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:705) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000390) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000390) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

Simia Cercopithecus badius

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

badius

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

74

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Simia ferruginea

(G. K. Shaw, 1800)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

ferrugineus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

59

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

London

Colobus ferruginosus

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

ferruginosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

92

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499286

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. Ogilby (1838:267) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39314)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Colobus Temminkii

(A. G. Desmarest, 1821)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

temminkii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

subsequent_usage

Authority page

53

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523817

Authority publication

Paris

Colobus Temminckii

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

temminckii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

justified_emendation

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. Ogilby (1838:273) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39314)
  3. Lesson (1842:4) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

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