Piliocolobus tephrosceles

(D. G. Elliot, 1907)

Ashy 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

Elliot, D.G. 1907-09-01. Descriptions of apparently new species and subspecies of mammals belonging to the families Lemuridae, Cebidae, Callitrichidae, and Cercopithecidae in the collection of the Natural History Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)20(117):185-196.

Original name as described

Colobus tephrosceles

Other common names

Ugandan Red Colobus

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1901.8.9.129

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Uganda, Toro, Ruahara River, east side of Mount Rwenzori, 1200 m.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Uganda · Tanzania · Democratic Republic of the Congo? · Rwanda? · Burundi?

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

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