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/24254063Original 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-80b1-1794ddfe211fType 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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