Piliocolobus kirkii

(J. E. Gray, 1868)

Zanzibar 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

Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1868, 180

Original name as described

Colobus kirkii

Other common names

Kirk's Red Colobus

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1868.3.16.1

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cd8e3db7-1a48-4856-b869-0472605b232d https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ef2240c6-9ead-4549-a9d3-957f91fcc207

Type locality

Tanzania, Zanzibar.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Tanzania

Taxonomy notes

split from P. foai

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

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000646

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 kirkii

(J. E. Gray, 1868)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

kirkii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1868.3.16.1

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cd8e3db7-1a48-4856-b869-0472605b232d https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ef2240c6-9ead-4549-a9d3-957f91fcc207

Authority page

180

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Colobus kirki

(Matschie, 1895)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

kirki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

5

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835379

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Matschie (1895:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:89) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Piliocolobus kirkii

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

kirkii

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 (2013:706) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000385) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000385) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000646) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/39992/168568335) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Procolobus kirkii

(Butynski, Kingdon, & Kalina, 2013)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

kirkii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

151

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)

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