Red colobus

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Red colobi^[1]

Piliocolobus kirkii

Simia (Cercopithecus) badius
Kerr, 1792

Species

The red colobus are Old World monkeys of the genus Piliocolobus. They are closely related to the black-and-white colobus monkeys (genus Colobus) and some species are often found in groups with the Blue Monkey.^[2] The Western Red Colobus is frequently hunted by the Common Chimpanzee.^[3]

Western Red Colobus, Piliocolobus badius
- Bay Red Colobus, Piliocolobus badius badius
- Temminck's Red Colobus, Piliocolobus badius temminckii
- Miss Waldrone's Red Colobus, Piliocolobus badius waldronae
Pennant's Colobus, Piliocolobus pennantii
- Bioko Red Colobus, Piliocolobus pennantii pennantii
- Niger Delta Red Colobus, Piliocolobus pennantii epieni
- Bouvier's Red Colobus, Piliocolobus pennantii bouvieri
Preuss's Red Colobus, Piliocolobus preussi
Thollon's Red Colobus, Piliocolobus tholloni
Central African Red Colobus, Piliocolobus foai
- Foa Red Colobus, Piliocolobus foai foai
- Elliot's Red Colobus, Piliocolobus foai ellioti
- Piliocolobus foai oustaleti
- Piliocolobus foai semlikiensis
- Lomami Red Colobus, Piliocolobus foai parmentierorum
Ugandan Red Colobus, Piliocolobus tephrosceles
Uzungwa Red Colobus, Piliocolobus gordonorum
Zanzibar Red Colobus, Piliocolobus kirkii
Tana River Red Colobus, Piliocolobus rufomitratus

^ Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 169-170. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
^ Ghiglieri, Michael. East of the Mountains of the Moon: Chimpanzee Society in the African Rain Forest, The Free Press, 1988, pg. 238.
^ http://virus.stanford.edu/filo/eboci.html

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