Piliocolobus epieni
(Grubb & C. B. Powell, 1999)
Niger Delta 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
Authority citation
Grubb, P. and Powell, C.B. 1999-05. Discovery of red colobus monkeys (_Procolobus badius_) in the Niger Delta with the description of a new and geographically isolated subspecies. Journal of Zoology, London 248(1):67-73.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1999.tb01023.xOriginal name as described
Procolobus badius epieni
Other common names
Delta Red Colobus
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1994.466
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Nigeria, Sampou-Apoi, 4° 55' N, 6° 00' E, 12 km SW of the junction of Sagbama and Egbedi Creeks, Niger Delta, Southern Ijaw Local Government camp area, Bayelsa State.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Nigeria
Taxonomy notes
split from P. pennantii
Taxonomy notes citation
Groves, C.P. 2007. The taxonomic diversity of the Colobinae of Africa. Journal of Anthropological Sciences 85: 7-34.
IUCN Red List status
Critically Endangered
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