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.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254063

Original name as described

Colobus tephrosceles

Other common names

Ugandan Red Colobus

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1901.8.9.129

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5b8fbce7-5382-4722-9f51-81ab81e31a61 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9995b0a2-0ea0-420b-80b1-1794ddfe211f

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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000655

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 tephrosceles

(D. G. Elliot, 1907)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

tephrosceles

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1901.8.9.129

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5b8fbce7-5382-4722-9f51-81ab81e31a61 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9995b0a2-0ea0-420b-80b1-1794ddfe211f

Authority page

195

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254063

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Elliot (1913:lxv, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)

Tropicolobus gudoviusi

(Matschie, 1914)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

gudoviusi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB A. 18. 10. 1

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

340

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43608410

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Piliocolobus tephrosceles

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

tephrosceles

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:711) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000391) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000391) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000655) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18256/171760021) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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