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.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42949921

Original name as described

Colobus langi

Type material

AMNH M-52290

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-52290

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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000647

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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 langi

(J. A. Allen, 1925)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

langi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-52290

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-52290

Authority page

443

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42949921

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Allen (1925:443, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42949921) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11615)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Piliocolobus langi

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

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

langi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

710

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:710) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000698) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000698) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000647) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18261/166605018) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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