Lomami red colobus

The Lomami red colobus (Piliocolobus parmentieri) is a type of red colobus monkey from central Africa. Historically it had been treated as a subspecies of the Central African red colobus, (P. foai)[3] but more recent taxonomies generally treat it as a separate species.[4][5][2]

Lomami red colobus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Piliocolobus
Species:
P. parmentieri
Binomial name
Piliocolobus parmentieri
(Colyn & Verheyen, 1987)
Distribution of the Lomami red colobus within the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Synonyms[2]

Piliocolobus foai parmentierorum

The Lomani red colobus has a limited range in lowland tropical rainforest between the Lomani River and the Lualaba River in central Democratic Republic of the Congo.[4] Its range extends as far south as the Ruiki River and the Lutanga River.[4] It eats leaves, fruit, flowers, buds and possibly seeds.[4][2] Males weigh about 9 kg (20 lb) and females weigh about 7.5 kg (17 lb).[4][2]

References
  1. Hart, J.A.; Detwiler, K.M. (2020). "Piliocolobus parmentieri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T40648A166604269. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. Teichroeb, Julie A. (2016). Rowe, Noel; Myers, Marc (eds.). All the World's Primates. Pogonias Press. p. 542. ISBN 9781940496061.
  3. Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 169. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  4. Zinner, D.; Fickenscher, G.H.; Roos, C. (2013). Mittermeier, Russell A.; Rylands, Anthony B.; Wilson, Don E. (eds.). Handbook of the Mammals of the World: Volume 3, Primates. Lynx. p. 711. ISBN 978-8496553897.
  5. Groves, C.P. (2016). "Species concepts and conservation". In Wich, Serge A.; Marshall, Andrew J. (eds.). An Introduction to Primate Conservation. pp. 45–47. ISBN 9780198703396.
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