Niger Delta red colobus

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Niger Delta red colobus

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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. epieni
Binomial name
Piliocolobus epieni
(Grubb & Powell,[2] 1999)
Synonyms
  • Procolobus badius epieni
  • Procolobus pennantii epieni

The Niger Delta red colobus (Piliocolobus epieni) is a

habitat loss
.

Taxonomy

From the time it first became known to science (in 1993) until 2007 or 2008, it was considered a subspecies of the

Procolobus (this nomenclature has been followed here).[4] However, other authors consider Piliocolobus to be a subgenus
of Procolobus.

Description

The Niger Delta red colobus is black on top from the head to the rump, becoming orange-brown on the sides and outer legs. The undersides and inner legs, and most of the arms are white. The hands and feet are black. The tail is red-brown on top and chestnut or maroon below, becoming darker towards the tip. It has white whiskers.[3][4]

Distribution

The Niger Delta red colobus is found only in the western part of the

putty-nosed monkey (Cercopithecus nictitans), the mona monkey (Cercopithecus mona), and maybe also the olive colobus (Procolobus verus).[3]

Status

When it was first discovered, the Niger Delta red colobus was locally common but under some pressure from deforestation, especially logging of

Hallea ledermannii, which is an important food tree for the monkey.[3] Since then, pressure from bushmeat hunting and logging has increased.[3]
Red colobus monkeys generally appear to be particularly sensitive to hunting and habitat disturbance, hence concerns that the species may be on the verge of extinction.[3]

The Niger Delta red colobus was still found in the Edumanom Forest Reserve in 2008.[5] However, as of 2008, the

The World’s 25 Most Endangered Primates, published by the IUCN and other organizations.[3]

References

  1. ^
    doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T41024A92656391.en
    . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Williamson, Kay (November 2002). "Charles Bruce Powell 1943-1998". Crustaceana. 75 (10): 1275–1278. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  3. ^
    ISBN 978-1-934151-34-1. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
  4. ^ a b c Groves, C. (2007). "The taxonomic diversity of the Colobinae of Africa" (PDF). Journal of Anthropological Sciences. 85: 7–34. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2013.
  5. ^ "NIGERIA BIODIVERSITY AND TROPICAL FORESTRY ASSESSMENT" (PDF). USAID. June 2008. p. 76. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
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