Thollon's Red Colobus

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name = Thollon's Red ColobusMSW3 Groves|pages=170|id=12100640]
status = Appendix II
status_system = CITES
status_ref = [UNEP-WCMC. 7 July, 2008. [http://www.unep-wcmc.org/isdb/CITES/Taxonomy/tax-species-result.cfm/isdb/CITES/Taxonomy/tax-species-result.cfm?displaylanguage=eng&Genus=Piliocolobus&Species=tholloni&source=animals&Country= UNEP-WCMC Species Database: CITES-Listed Species] ]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Primates
familia = Cercopithecidae
genus = "Piliocolobus"
species = "P. tholloni"
binomial = "Piliocolobus tholloni"
binomial_authority = (Milne-Edwards, 1886)

Thollon's Red Colobus ("Piliocolobus tholloni"), also known as the Tshuapa Red Colobus,Kingdon, J. 1997. "The Kingdon Guide to African Mammals." Academic Press Limited, London. ISBN 0-12-408355-2] is a species of red colobus monkey from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and lower Republic of the Congo. It is found south of Congo River and west of Lomami River. It had once been considered a subspecies of the Western Red Colobus monkey. It was recognised as a distinct species by Dandelot in 1974, followed by Groves in 2001.

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