Semliki red colobus

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

Semliki 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. semlikiensis
Binomial name
Piliocolobus semlikiensis
(Colyn, 1991)
Semliki red colobus range shown in dark blue
Synonyms

Piliocolobus foai semlikiensis

The Semliki red colobus lives in ironwood forest in the portion of the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo between the Semliki River valley and the Ruwenzori Mountains.[3] It may also live in a small area of Uganda.[4]

References

  1. Maisels, F.; Ting, N. (2020). "Piliocolobus semlikiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T92657343A92657454. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. 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.
  3. 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. pp. 709–710. ISBN 978-8496553897.
  4. Saj, Tania L. (2016). Rowe, Noel; Myers, Marc (eds.). All the World's Primates. Pogonias Press. pp. 546–547. ISBN 9781940496061.
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