Piliocolobus langi

(J. A. Allen, 1925)

Lang'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

Authority citation

Allen, J.A. 1925-02-06. Primates collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 47(4):283-499.

Original name as described

Colobus langi

Type material

AMNH M-52290

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Democratic Republic of Congo, Risimu, between Stanleyville (= Kisangani) and Bafwaboli.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

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