Ursine Colobus

Taxobox
name = Ursine ColobusMSW3 Groves | pages = 168]
status = VU
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = IUCN2006 | assessors = Butynski, T. & Members of the Primate Specialist Group | year = 2000 | id = 5146 | title = Colobus vellerosus | downloaded = 2007-07-29]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Primates
familia = Cercopithecidae
genus = "Colobus"
species = "C. vellerosus"
binomial = "Colobus vellerosus"
binomial_authority = (I. Geoffroy, 1834)
synonyms =

The Ursine Colobus ("Colobus vellerosus") is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family. It is found in Benin, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, and Togo. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

External links

* ARKive - [http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/mammals/Colobus_vellerosus/ images and movies of Geoffroy's black-and-white colobus "(Colobus vellerosus)"]