Procolobus verus

(P. J. Van Beneden, 1838)

Olive 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 : Procolobus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Van Beneden, P.J. 1838. Notice gur une nouvelle espèce de singe d'Afrique. Bulletin de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique 5:344-348.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16009623

Original name as described

Colobus verus

Other common names

Green Colobus · Van Bénéden's Colobus

Type material

MNHN-ZM-2005-915

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2005-915

Type locality

Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Sierra Leone · Guinea · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000658

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 cristatus

(J. E. Gray, 1866)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

cristatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1861.6.1.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b42bd594-dbcf-4872-8cea-3c626be680f6 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e25b1105-6d36-43a4-bc11-3cfa0a9e9bfa

Authority page

77

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16057106

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Colobus verus

(P. J. Van Beneden, 1838)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

verus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-2005-915

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2005-915

Authority page

347

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16009623

Authority publication

Bulletin de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:4) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:234) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Semnopithecus (Colobus) olivaceus

(J. A. Wagner, 1839)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

olivaceus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

MNHN-ZM-2005-915

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2005-915

Authority page

309

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31071948

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

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

Procolobus verus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

verus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

90

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:90) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  3. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:712) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  4. Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18245) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18245) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000658) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18245/166610679) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Colobus ?? chrysurus

(J. E. Gray, 1866)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

chrysurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

77

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16057106

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

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