Lomami red colobus

Lomami red colobus
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	Cercopithecidae
Genus:	Piliocolobus
Species:	P. parmentieri
Binomial name
Piliocolobus parmentieri (Colyn & Verheyen, 1987)
Distribution of the Lomami red colobus within the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Synonyms [2]
Piliocolobus foai parmentierorum

The Lomami red colobus (Piliocolobus parmentieri) is a species of red colobus monkey from central Africa. Historically, it had been treated as a subspecies of the Central African red colobus (P. foai), ^[3] but more recent taxonomies generally treat it as a separate species. ^{[4] [5] [2]}

The Lomani red colobus has a limited range in lowland tropical rainforest between the Lomani River and the Lualaba River in central Democratic Republic of the Congo. ^[4] Its range extends as far south as the Ruiki River and the Lutanga River. ^[4] It eats leaves, fruit, flowers, buds and possibly seeds. ^{[4] [2]} Males weigh about 9  kg (20  lb ), and females weigh about 7.5  kg (17  lb ). ^{[4] [2]}

References

1. Hart, J.A.; Detwiler, K.M. (2020). "Piliocolobus parmentieri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T40648A166604269. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
2. Teichroeb, Julie A. (2016). Rowe, Noel; Myers, Marc (eds.). All the World's Primates. Pogonias Press. p. 542. ISBN   978-1-940496-06-1.
3. Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 169. ISBN   0-801-88221-4. OCLC   62265494.
4. Zinner, D.; Fickenscher, G.H.; Roos, C. (2013). Mittermeier, Russell A.; Rylands, Anthony B.; Wilson, Don E. (eds.). Handbook of the Mammals of the World: Volume 3, Primates. Lynx. p. 711. ISBN   978-84-96553-89-7.
5. Groves, C.P. (2016). "Species concepts and conservation". In Wich, Serge A.; Marshall, Andrew J. (eds.). An Introduction to Primate Conservation. Oxford University Press. pp. 45–47. ISBN   978-0-19-870339-6.