Overview
|
Endangered |
 |
 | |
 |
Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Zanzibar Red Colobus, Kirk's Red Colobus
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology:
This species lives primarily in areas of ground-water forest
, and
scrub
forest on coral
rag
on the southern and eastern side of the
island; it is also found in mangrove swamp (Struhsaker and Siex 1998:
Primate Conservation
; Siex and Struhsaker in press
). It lives in
multi-male groups (average 30 individuals), with overlapping home
ranges
. Young leaves and leaf buds
account for more than 50% of the
diet
. In forest-dwelling groups, unripe fruit accounts for an additional
quarter of the diet, whereas in groups living in agricultural areas,
leaves from herbaceous species are the second most consumed item
(approx. 15% of the annual
diet). Some groups frequently feed
on
mangrove
leaves, and the populations on coral rag appear to subsist
on a drier, coarser diet than any recorded for red colobus (Siex
2003).[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 1.7 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level
- 1.8 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Swamp
- 3 Shrubland
- 3.6 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Moist [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Archonta
()
- (Gregory, 1910) McKenna, 1975
- Order:
Primates
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Suborder:
Haplorrhini
()
- Pocock, 1918
- Infraorder:
Simiiformes
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Parvorder:
Catarrhini
()
- É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812
- Superfamily:
Cercopithecoidea
()
- (Gray, 1821) Gregory & Hellman, 1923
- Family:
Cercopithecidae
()
- Gray, 1821
- Subfamily:
Colobinae
()
- Tribe:
Colobini
()
- Genus:
Procolobus
()
- Rochebrune, 1887
- Specific name:
kirkii
- (Gray, 1868)
- Scientific name: - Procolobus kirkii (Gray, 1868)
- Specific name:
kirkii
- (Gray, 1868)
- Genus:
Procolobus
(
- Tribe:
Colobini
(
- Subfamily:
Colobinae
(
- Family:
Cercopithecidae
(
- Superfamily:
Cercopithecoidea
(
- Parvorder:
Catarrhini
(
- Infraorder:
Simiiformes
(
- Suborder:
Haplorrhini
(
- Order:
Primates
(
- Grandorder:
Archonta
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Procolobus badius ssp. kirkii
Notes
Red Colobus are sometimes included in the genus Piliocolobus (e.g. , Kingdon 1997; Groves 2005). The current treatment follows Grubb et al. (2003) in regarding Piliocolobus as a subgenus of the genus Procolobus, pending the availability of further evidence.[1].
Similar Species
Members of the genus Procolobus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 27 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. badius (West African Red Colobus) · P. badius badius (Upper Guinea Red Colobus) · P. badius ellioti (Elliot's Red Colobus) · P. badius foai (Foa Red Colobus) · P. badius gordonorum (Western Red Colobus) · P. badius kirkii (Western Red Colobus) · P. badius langi (Kisangani Red Colobus) · P. badius lulindicus (Kahuzi Red Colobus) · P. badius parmentieri (Lomami Red Colobus) · P. badius rufomitratus (Western Red Colobus) · P. badius temminckii (Temmincks Red Colobus) · P. badius waldronae (Miss Waldron's Bay Colobus) · P. badius waldroni (Miss Waldrons Red Colobus) · P. gordonorum (Udzungwa Red Colobus) · P. kirkii (Zanzibar Red Colobus) · P. pennantii (Bouvier's Red Colobus) · P. pennantii bouvieri (Bouviers Red Colobus) · P. pennantii epieni (Niger Delta Red Colobus) · P. pennantii pennantii (Bioko Red Colobus) · P. pennantii preussi (Preuss's Red Colobus) · P. preussi (Preusss Red Colobus) · P. rufomitratus (Tana River Red Colobus) · P. rufomitratus oustaleti (Oustalets Red Colobus) · P. rufomitratus rufomitratus (Tana River Red Colobus) · P. rufomitratus tephrosceles (Uganda Red Colobus) · P. rufomitratus tholloni (Thollon's Red Colobus) · P. verus (Van Beneden's Colobus)
More Info
- Search for Pictures: images.google.com
- Search for Scholarly Articles: Google Scholar
- Search using Scientific Name and Vernacular Names: All the Web | AltaVista Canada | AltaVista | Excite | Google | HotBot | Lycos
- Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
Further Reading
- 1994 IUCN red list of threatened animals Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, 1993 url p. 219.
- Annotated CITES Appendices and Reservations CITES url p. 34.
- Checklist of CITES Species: a reference to the appendices to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CITES url p. 201.
- Checklist of mammals listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 34, p. 27.
- The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests: Africa IUCN url p. 38.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 5, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Struhsaker, T. & Siex, K. 2008. Procolobus kirkii. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 112051
- IUCN ID: 236249
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1026009
Footnotes
- Struhsaker, T. & Siex, K. 2008. Procolobus kirkii. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. ... [back]
