- Pennant's Colobus
Taxobox
name = Pennant's ColobusMSW3 Groves | pages = 170]
status = CR
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = IUCN2006 | assessors = Butynski, T. & Members of the Primate Specialist Group | year = 2000 | id = 39996 | title = Procolobus pennantii | downloaded =2007-07-29 ]
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Mammalia
ordo =Primates
familia =Cercopithecidae
genus = "Piliocolobus "
species = "P. pennantii"
binomial = "Piliocolobus pennantii"
binomial_authority = (Waterhouse, 1838)
synonyms =Pennant's Colobus ("Piliocolobus pennantii") is a species of
primate in theCercopithecidae family. Its distribution is peculiarly disjunct and has been considered abiogeographical puzzle, with one population on the island ofBioko (Equatorial Guinea ), a second in theNiger River Delta in southernNigeria , and a third in east-centralRepublic of Congo .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 is found in rainforests and marshy forests. It is threatened byhabitat loss and hunting forbushmeat , and one subspecies, "bouvieri", is rated asCritically Endangered , [IUCN2007 | assessors = Butynski, T. & Members of the Primate Specialist Group | year = 2000 | id = 18250 | title = Procolobus pennantii ssp. bouvieri | downloaded =2008-07-20 ] with some fearing that it already may beextinct , as there have been no confirmed sightings in at least 20 years. [http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/mammals/Piliocolobus_pennantii/ Pennant's red colobus] . ARKive. Accessed2008-07-20 ]Three subspecies of this
red colobus are recognized:*
Bioko Red Colobus , "Piliocolobus pennantii pennantii"
*Niger Delta Red Colobus , "Piliocolobus pennantii epieni"
*Bouvier's Red Colobus , "Piliocolobus pennantii bouvieri"References
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