Ruwenzori colobus

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Ruwenzori black-and-white colobus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Colobus
Species:
C. angolensis
Subspecies:
C. a. ruwenzorii[1]
Trinomial name
Colobus angolensis ruwenzorii[1]
Thomas, 1901

The Ruwenzori colobus (Colobus angolensis ruwenzorii), also known as Ruwenzori black-and-white colobus, is a

Ruwenzori Mountains across the mountains in Burundi and Rwanda to the northern shore of Lake Tanganyika.[2]

Taxonomy

In 1901,

Ruwenzori Mountains in Bwamba Country of western Uganda. Thomas considered it a species using the scientific name Colobus ruwenzorii.[3]

Characteristics

The Ruwenzori colobus is black with hair on the shoulders between 23 and 33 cm (9.1 and 13.0 in) long. Its tail is also black and greyish-white at the end. It has white bushy tufts on the cheeks.[3] The white hair on the forehead forms a crest.[2]

Distribution and habitat

The Ruwenzori colobus occurs at Lake Nabugabo and Rwenzori Mountains National Park in Uganda.[4] Troops of 300 to 400 individuals inhabit Rwanda's

Nyungwe National Park.[5]

Some authors reports indicate that it perhaps also occurs in some Tanzanian regions.[6]

Ecology and behaviour

The Ruwenzori colobus is a highly arboreal and acrobatic leaf-eater. Its diet consists of about two thirds of leaves and one third of fruit and seeds.[7]

Although all Colobus species are very sociable, they usually move on the troops of several hundred animals.[7]

References

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  2. ^ a b Groves, C. P. (2007). "The taxonomic diversity of the Colobinae of Africa" (PDF). Journal of Anthropological Sciences. 85: 7−34.
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    doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1901.tb08165.x
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  4. S2CID 1413775
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  5. ^ Ministère des Terres, de l’Environnement, de l’Eau, des Forêts et des Mines (2005). "Conditions propres aux pays" (PDF). Communication Nationale Initiale relative à la Convention – Cadre des Nations Unies sur les Changements climatiques. Kigali, Rwanda: Republique du Rwanda. pp. 25–48.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. S2CID 207151776.[permanent dead link
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  7. ^
    ISBN 978-1-84162-306-1
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