Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Full reference: C. Illiger. 1811. Prodromus Systematis Mammalium et Avium
Parent taxon: Colobinae according to M. Osterholz et al. 2008
See also Gray 1821, Illiger 1811, Jablonski 2002, McKenna and Bell 1997, Schlosser 1877, Whittaker et al. 2006 and Xing et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Cercopithecoides, Colobini, Dolichopithecus, Kuseracolobus, Mesopithecus, Nasalis, Paracolobus, Piliocolobus, Presbytis, Procolobus, Pygathrix, Rhinopithecus, Simias, Trachypithecus
Subtaxa: Colobus angolensis Colobus guereza Colobus polykomos Colobus satanas Colobus vellerosus
Ecology: arboreal frugivore-folivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ethiopia (3 collections), Kenya (6)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Kenya (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (1)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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