- Ugandan Red Colobus
Taxobox
name = Ugandan Red ColobusMSW3 Groves|pages=170|id=12100639]
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=tephrosceles&source=animals&Country= UNEP-WCMC Species Database: CITES-Listed Species] ]
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Mammal ia
ordo =Primate s
familia =Cercopithecidae
genus = "Piliocolobus "
species = "P. tephrosceles"
binomial = "Piliocolobus tephrosceles"
binomial_authority = (Elliot , 1907)The Ugandan Red Colobus ("Piliocolobus tephrosceles") is a species of
red colobus monkey found in forests ofUganda ,Rwanda ,Burundi and westernTanzania . It has been considered asubspecies of theWestern Red Colobus , and later a subspecies of theCentral African Red Colobus . [cite book |author=Kingdon, J. |year=1997 |title=The Kingdon Guide to African Mammals |publisher=Academic Press Limited, London |isbn=0-12-408355-2] It was recognised as a distinct species by Groves in 2001.References
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