The Semliki red colobus (Piliocolobus semlikiensis) is a type of red colobus monkey from central Africa. Historically it has been treated as a subspecies of the Central African red colobus (P. foai)[2] but more recent taxonomies generally treat it as a separate species.[3][4]
| Semliki red colobus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Cercopithecidae |
| Genus: | Piliocolobus |
| Species: | P. semlikiensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Piliocolobus semlikiensis (Colyn, 1991)
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| Semliki red colobus range shown in dark blue | |
| Synonyms | |
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Piliocolobus foai semlikiensis | |
The Semliki red colobus lives in ironwood forest in the portion of the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo between the Semliki River valley and the Ruwenzori Mountains.[3] It may also live in a small area of Uganda.[4]
References
edit- ^ Maisels, F.; Ting, N. (2020). "Piliocolobus semlikiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T92657343A92657454. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 169. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ a b Zinner, D.; Fickenscher, G.H.; Roos, C. (2013). Mittermeier, Russell A.; Rylands, Anthony B.; Wilson, Don E. (eds.). Handbook of the Mammals of the World: Volume 3, Primates. Lynx. pp. 709–710. ISBN 978-8496553897.
- ^ a b Saj, Tania L. (2016). Rowe, Noel; Myers, Marc (eds.). All the World's Primates. Pogonias Press. pp. 546–547. ISBN 9781940496061.