Piliocolobus preussi

Matschie, 1900

Preuss'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

Matschie, P. 1900. Über einige Formen der Gattung Colobus. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1900:181-189.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8797189

Original name as described

Piliocolobus preussi

Type material

ZMB 6588

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Cameroon, Barombi, Elephant Lake.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Nigeria · Cameroon

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000652

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.

Piliocolobus preussi

Matschie, 1900

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

preussi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 6588

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

183

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8797189

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:708) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000388) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000388) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000652) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41026/92633245) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Colobus preussi

(Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

preussi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

234

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:234) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Procolobus preussi

(Butynski, Kingdon, & Kalina, 2013)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

preussi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

134

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:134) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)

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