Piliocolobus oustaleti

(Trouessart, 1906)

Oustalet'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

Trouessart, É.L. 1906. Description de Mammifères Nouveaux d'Afrique et de Madagascar. Bulletin du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 12:443-446.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42892044

Original name as described

Colobus Oustaleti

Other common names

Ubangi Red Colobus

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1908-34

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1908-34

Type locality

Youmba, right bank of lower Oubangui (= Ubangi), 0° 18' N, 17° 30' E.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

South Sudan · Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Republic of the Congo

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

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000649

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 ellioti

(Dollman, 1909)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

ellioti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1909.12.2.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1d21830b-d462-4e17-9053-9e755f36b6bc https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/75158fe0-9744-44d8-b456-910541636839

Authority page

475

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097854

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Colobus nigrimanus

(Trouessart, 1906)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

nigrimanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1908-33

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1908-33

Authority page

444

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42892045

Authority publication

Bulletin du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

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

Colobus Oustaleti

(Trouessart, 1906)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

oustaleti

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1908-34

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1908-34

Authority page

443

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42892044

Authority publication

Bulletin du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Colobus (Piliocolobus) brunneus

(Lönnberg, 1919)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

brunneus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMCA 1291

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

112

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11303976

Authority publication

Revue zoologique africaine

Name usages

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

Piliocolobus anzeliusi

Matschie, 1914

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

anzeliusi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMCA 644

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

339

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43608409

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Colobus (Tropicolobus) schubotzi

(Matschie, 1914)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

schubotzi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:4282

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

345

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43608415

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Colobus (Tropicolobus) umbrinus

(Matschie, 1914)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

umbrinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB A. 108. 14. 178

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

343

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43608413

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Piliocolobus ellioti melanochir

Matschie, 1914

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

melanochir

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB A. 11a. 08. 1033

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

339

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43608409

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Piliocolobus foai ellioti

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

ellioti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Piliocolobus foai oustaleti

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

oustaleti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Piliocolobus oustaleti

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

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

oustaleti

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 #400000386) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000386) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000649) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18255/166598553) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Colobus (Piliocolobus) powelli

(Matschie, 1913)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

powelli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

61

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5741621

Authority publication

Annales de la Société Royale Zoologique et Malacologique de Belgique

Name usages

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

Colobus multicolor

(von Lorenz-Liburnau, 1914)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

multicolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

385

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61888448

Authority publication

Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

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

Colobus variabilis

(von Lorenz-Liburnau, 1914)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

variabilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

383

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61888446

Authority publication

Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

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

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