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Procolobus verus

(Colobe ? Huppe)

Overview

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Near Threatened

Threat status

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in Dutch:

Groene franjeaap

Common Names in English:

olive colobus, Van Beneden's Colobus

Common Names in French:

Colobe ? Huppe, Colobe à huppe, Colobe de van beneden, Colobe vert, Colobe vrai

Common Names in Spanish:

Colobo verde

Description

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Habitat

Biome: Terrestrial [1].

Ecology: This species inhabits the high forest zone of West Africa and can be particularly common in areas of secondary growth within high forest, in swamp and palm forests. Olive Colobus are cryptic in colouration and behaviour, residing in small groups, usually as part of a large polyspecific association, and mainly occupying the lower and middle dense vegetation strata (Oates 1988; Campbell et al. 2008). It is found extensively in farmbush in parts of its range , and it appears that they can survive in small and degraded forest fragments. It prefers dense growth below 10 m , but may ascend to 30 m or even the canopy when feeding in the company of other species. The diet of the Olive Colobus is mainly comprised of young leaves, buds, and flowers (70%), as well as only 10% mature leaves. There is a strong preference for unripe fruits, although the quantities of fruits and seeds taken vary according to the season . It is almost always found in close association with other cercopithecus monkeys (diana, mona, petaurista, cambelli). This species is almost exclusively arboreal , and is very shy.[1].

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Taxonomy

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Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 30-Jul-2002

Similar Species

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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)

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Footnotes

  1. Oates, J.F., Gippoliti, S. & Groves, C.P. 2008. Procolobus verus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]
Last Revised: 7/14/2012