Preuss's red colobus

Species of Old World monkey

Preuss's red colobus[1]
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Piliocolobus
Species:
P. preussi
Binomial name
Piliocolobus preussi
Matschie, 1900
Preuss's Red Colobus range

Preuss's red colobus (Piliocolobus preussi) is a red colobus primate species endemic to the Cross-Sanaga Rivers ecoregion. An important population occurs in Korup National Park, Southwest Province, Cameroon, but the species' distribution is localized (groups are frequently encountered near the main tourist camps). The species is considered present in adjacent Cross River National Park - Oban Division in Nigeria[2] and hunter reports suggest that few groups remain in Nkwende Hills and Nta Ali Forest Reserve in the broader Korup region.[3] A population is also present in Ebo forest, Littoral Province of Cameroon.[2]

Conservation status

The Preuss's red colobus is critically endangered according to the IUCN Red List due to hunting pressure and destruction of its habitat. Large portion of the remaining groups are included within protected areas (Korup National Park, Cross River National Park, and the proposed national park at Ebo).[2]

Ecology

Like other colobus monkeys, it is primarily a leaf eater.

Description

Preuss's red colobus has a black head, a black back ticked with orange, and bright red tail, limbs and cheeks.[4]

Taxonomy

Preuss's red colobus has, in the past, been considered a subspecies of P. pennantii and P. badius.[4]

References

  1. ^ 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. 170. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ a b c d Linder, J.; Morgan, B.J.; Abwe, E.E.; Jost Robinson, C.A.; Imong, I.; Oates, J.F. (2019). "Piliocolobus preussi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T41026A92633245. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T41026A92633245.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  3. ^ Astaras, C. (2009). Ecology and Status of the Drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus) in Korup National Park: Implications for Conservation. PhD dissertation, Gerog-August-University of Göttingen, pp. 287.
  4. ^ a b Rowe, Noel (1996). The Pictorial Guide to the Living Primates. p. 175.
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Extant species of family Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys) (subfamily Colobinae)
African group
Colobus
(Black and white colobi)
  • Black colobus (C. satanas)
  • Angola colobus (C. angolensis)
  • King colobus (C. polykomos)
  • Ursine colobus (C. vellerosus)
  • Mantled guereza (C. guereza)
Piliocolobus
(Red colobi)
  • Western red colobus (P. badius)
  • Miss Waldron's red colobus (P. waldronae)
  • Pennant's colobus (P. pennantii)
  • Preuss's red colobus (P. preussi)
  • Thollon's red colobus (P. tholloni)
  • Foa's red colobus (P. foai)
  • Ugandan red colobus (P. tephrosceles)
  • Udzungwa red colobus (P. gordonorum)
  • Zanzibar red colobus (P. kirkii)
  • Tana River red colobus (P. rufomitratus)
  • Niger Delta red colobus (P. epieni)
  • Bouvier's red colobus (P. bouvieri)
  • Semliki red colobus (P. semlikiensis)
  • Lang's red colobus (P. langi)
  • Oustalet's red colobus (P. oustaleti)
  • Lomami red colobus (P. parmentieri)
  • Ulindi River red colobus (P. lulindicus)
Procolobus
  • Olive colobus (P. verus)
Langur group
Semnopithecus
(Gray langurs)
  • Nepal gray langur (S. schistaceus)
  • Kashmir gray langur (S. ajax)
  • Tarai gray langur (S. hector)
  • Northern plains gray langur (S. entellus)
  • Black-footed gray langur (S. hypoleucos)
  • Tufted gray langur (S. priam)
  • Purple-faced langur (S. vetulus)
  • Nilgiri langur (S. johnii)
Trachypithecus
  • T. cristatus group: East Javan langur (T. auratus)
  • West Javan langur (T. mauritius)
  • Silvery lutung (T. cristatus)
  • Germain's langur (T. germaini)
  • Annamese langur (T. margarita)
  • Tenasserim lutung (T. barbei)
  • Selangor silvered langur (T. selangorensis)
  • T. obscurus group: Dusky leaf monkey (T. obscurus)
  • Indochinese grey langur (T. crepusculus)
  • Phayre's leaf monkey (T. phayrei)
  • Popa langur (T. popa)
  • T. pileatus group: Capped langur (T. pileatus)
  • Shortridge's langur (T. shortridgei)
  • Gee's golden langur (T. geei)
  • T. francoisi group: François' langur (T. francoisi)
  • Hatinh langur (T. hatinhensis)
  • Cat Ba langur (T. poliocephalus)
  • White-headed langur (T. leucocephalus)
  • Laotian langur (T. laotum)
  • Delacour's langur (T. delacouri)
  • Indochinese black langur (T. ebenus)
Presbytis
(Surilis)
  • Black-crested Sumatran langur (P. melalophos)
  • Black-and-white langur (P. bicolor)
  • Black Sumatran langur (P. sumatrana)
  • Mitered langur (P. mitrata)
  • Raffles' banded langur (P. femoralis)
  • Robinson's banded langur (P. robinsoni)
  • East Sumatran banded langur (P. percura)
  • Sarawak surili (P. chrysomelas)
  • White-thighed surili (P. siamensis)
  • White-fronted surili (P. frontata)
  • Javan surili (P. comata)
  • Thomas's langur (P. thomasi)
  • Hose's langur (P. hosei)
  • Miller's langur (P. canicrus)
  • Sabah grizzled langur (P. sabana)
  • Maroon leaf monkey (P. rubicunda)
  • Mentawai langur (P. potenziani)
  • Siberut langur (P. siberu)
  • Natuna Island surili (P. natunae)
Odd-nosed group
Pygathrix
(Doucs)
  • Red-shanked douc (P. nemaeus)
  • Black-shanked douc (P. nigripes)
  • Gray-shanked douc (P. cinerea)
Rhinopithecus
(Snub-nosed monkeys)
  • Golden snub-nosed monkey (R. roxellana)
  • Black-and-white snub-nosed monkey (R. bieti)
  • Gray snub-nosed monkey (R. brelichi)
  • Tonkin snub-nosed monkey (R. avunculus)
  • Myanmar snub-nosed monkey (R. strykeri)
Nasalis
  • Proboscis monkey (N. larvatus)
Simias
  • Pig-tailed langur (S. concolor)
Category
Taxon identifiers
Piliocolobus preussi