Piliocolobus badius Kerr 1792 (western red colobus)

Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae

Alternative combinations: Colobus badius, Procolobus badius, Simia (Cercopithecus) badius

Synonym: Simia ferruginea Shaw 1800

Belongs to Piliocolobus according to C. J. Burgin et al. 2018

See also Allen 1895, Su and Jablonski 2009 and Whittaker et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Piliocolobus bouvieri, Piliocolobus epieni, Piliocolobus foai, Piliocolobus gordonorum, Piliocolobus kirkii, Piliocolobus langi, Piliocolobus oustaleti, Piliocolobus parmentieri, Piliocolobus pennantii, Piliocolobus preussi, Piliocolobus rufomitratus, Piliocolobus semlikiensis, Piliocolobus temminckii, Piliocolobus tephrosceles, Piliocolobus tholloni, Piliocolobus waldronae

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Piliocolobus badius in the database

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