Piliocolobus semlikiensis

(Colyn, 1991)

Semliki 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

Colyn, M.M. 1991. L'importance zoogéographique du Bassin du Fleuve Zaire pour la spéciation: le cas des Primates simiens. Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale 264:1-250.

Original name as described

Colobus badius semlikiensis

Type material

RMCA 37662

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Democratic Republic of Congo, Tungula (= Kilia), right bank of Semliki River.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic 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/1000654

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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 badius semlikiensis

(Colyn, 1991)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

semlikiensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMCA 37662

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

71

Authority publication

Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale

Piliocolobus foai semlikiensis

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

semlikiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Piliocolobus semlikiensis

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

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

semlikiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

709

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:709) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000700) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000700) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000654) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/92657343/92657454) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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