- Olive colobus
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Olive colobus[1] Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Family: Cercopithecidae Genus: Procolobus Species: P. verus Binomial name Procolobus verus
(van Beneden, 1838)
Olive Colobus range The olive colobus or Van Beneden's colobus (Procolobus verus) is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family. It is found in tropical West Africa, ranging from Sierra Leone to Nigeria.[2] Its natural habitats are second growth within tall forests, palm forests and swamps.[2] It remains common in many parts of its range and can survive in degraded forest fragments, but is probably declining due to habitat loss and hunting.[2] This relatively small and secretive species is mainly folivorous, although it also takes fruits and seeds when available.[2] Its English name refers to its dull olive upperparts.[3]
The olive colobus is one of the species in the genus Procolobus, although some authors place all other species of this genus (the red colobi) in Piliocolobus instead.[1]
References
- ^ a b Groves, C. (2005). Wilson, D. E., & Reeder, D. M, eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 169, 172-173. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=12100680.
- ^ a b c d e Oates, J. F., Gippoliti, S. & Groves, C. P. (2008). Procolobus verus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 January 2009.
- ^ Kingdon, J. (1997). The Kingdon Guide to African Mammals. Academic Press Limited, London. ISBN 0-12-408355-2.
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