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Piliocolobus badius (western red colobus)

Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae

Taxonomy
Simia (Cercopithecus) badius was named by Kerr (1792) [subgenus Cercopithecus]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Colobus badius by Allen (1895); it was recombined as Procolobus badius by Whittaker et al. (2006); it was recombined as Piliocolobus badius by Su and Jablonski (2009) and Burgin et al. (2018).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1792Simia (Cercopithecus) badius Kerr
1800Simia ferruginea Shaw
1895Colobus badius Allen p. 186
2006Procolobus badius Whittaker et al. p. 889
2009Piliocolobus badius Su and Jablonski p. 192
2018Piliocolobus badius Burgin et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
Euarchonta
orderPrimates
infraorderHaplorhini(Pocock 1918)
Anthropoidea(Mivart 1864)
infraorderCatarrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
superfamilyCercopithecoidea
familyCercopithecidae
subfamilyColobinaeJerdon 1867
genusPiliocolobusRochebrune 1887
speciesbadius(Kerr 1792)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Piliocolobus badius Kerr 1792 [western red colobus]
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Invalid names: Simia ferruginea Shaw 1800 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealf
Diet: frugivoref
Diet 2: folivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:20:00
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002
Collections
No collection or age range data are available