Overview
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Critically Endangered |
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Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Preusss Red Colobus, Korup Red Colobus, Preuss' red colobus, Preuss's Red Colobus
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology:
An inhabitant of lowland and mid-altitude moist forest
up to 1,400
m
(Kingdon and Butynski in press
). Edwards (1992) recorded group
sizes of 20-64 animals for P. p. preussi, similar to those
recorded by J. Linder (pers. comm.
).[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane [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:
preussi
- (Matschie, 1900)
- Scientific name: - Procolobus preussi (Matschie, 1900)
- Specific name:
preussi
- (Matschie, 1900)
- 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. preussi
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 30-Jul-2002
Here treated as a distinct
species from P. pennantii following
Kingdon and Butynski (in press
); this species has, in the past, also
been considered a subspecies
of P. badius.[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)
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Further Reading
- Checklist of CITES Species CITES, WCMC url p. 132, p. 207, p. 208.
- 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. 104, p. 195, p. 200, p. 201, p. 142, p. 218.
- Checklist of mammals listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 27.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- 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.
- Oates, J.F., Struhsaker, T., Morgan, B., Linder, J. & Ting, N. 2008. Procolobus preussi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 109037
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-573051
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 573051
- IUCN ID: 236251
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Species Identifier: A0A4
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 135153
Footnotes
- Oates, J.F., Struhsaker, T., Morgan, B., Linder, J. & Ting, N. 2008. Procolobus preussi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]
