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

Living
Found in the wild

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.x

Original 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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000643

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.

Procolobus badius epieni

(Grubb & C. B. Powell, 1999)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

epieni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1994.466

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

68

Authority publication

Journal of Zoology, London

Procolobus pennantii epieni

(Grubb, Butynski, J. F. Oates, Bearder, Disotell, Groves, & Struhsaker, 2003)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

epieni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

1339

Authority publication

International Journal of Primatology

Name usages

Grubb, Butynski, Oates, Bearder, Disotell, Groves & Struhsaker (2003:1339) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4919)

Piliocolobus pennantii epieni

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

epieni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Piliocolobus epieni

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

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

epieni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

708

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:708) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000643) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41024/92656391) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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