Piliocolobus foai

(de Pousargues, 1899)

Foa's 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

Pousargues, E. de. 1899. Sur un nouveau Colobe découvert par M. Ed. Foa sur la rive occidentale du lac Tanganyika. Bulletin du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 5(6):278-280.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5029657

Original name as described

Colobus Foai

Other common names

Ulindi River Red Colobus · Kahuzi Red Colobus · Ulindi Red Colobus

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1897-611bis

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1897-611bis

Type locality

Democratic Republic of Congo, Ouroua Mountains, between south-west shore of Lake Tanganyika and upper Congo-Lualaba.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Taxonomy notes

previously included P. semlikiensis, P. langi, and P. oustaleti; includes lulindicus, which is recognized as distinct by some authorities

Taxonomy notes citation

Groves, C.P. 2007. The taxonomic diversity of the Colobinae of Africa. Journal of Anthropological Sciences 85: 7-34. · Hart, J.A., Maisels, F. & Ting, N. 2020. Piliocolobus lulindicus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T18262A96192471. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T18262A96192471.en. Downloaded on 11 August 2020.

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000644

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 graueri

(Dollman, 1909)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

graueri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1909.12.2.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0f331979-faa3-48f4-a633-7aa8a6eb13c3 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cbe8112e-0920-4a38-88bc-939c0f39d0f2

Authority page

474

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097853

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Colobus Foai

(de Pousargues, 1899)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

foai

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1897-611bis

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1897-611bis

Authority page

278

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5029657

Authority publication

Bulletin du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Piliocolobus kabambarei

Matschie, 1914

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

kabambarei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB A. 48. 09. 92

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

338

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43608408

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Piliocolobus lulindicus

Matschie, 1914

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

lulindicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB A. 48. 09. 98

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

338

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43608408

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18262/96192471) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Piliocolobus foai

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

foai

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 (2013:710) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000697) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000697) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000644) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18252/92659769) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Piliocolobus foai foai

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

foai

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

lulidicus

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

lulidicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

169

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

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