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iRed colobi<ref name=MSW>Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 169-170. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.</ref>
Piliocolobus kirkii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Family: Cercopithecidae Subfamily: Colobinae Genus: Piliocolobus (Rochebrune, 1877)
Type Species
Simia (Cercopithecus) badius Kerr, 1792
Species
Piliocolobus badius Piliocolobus pennantii Piliocolobus preussi Piliocolobus tholloni Piliocolobus foai Piliocolobus tephrosceles Piliocolobus gordonorum Piliocolobus kirkii Piliocolobus rufomitratus

The red colobus are Old World monkeys of the genus Piliocolobus. They are closely related to the black-and-white colobus monkeys (genus Colobus) and some species are often found in groups with the Blue Monkey.<ref>Ghiglieri, Michael. East of the Mountains of the Moon: Chimpanzee Society in the African Rain Forest, The Free Press, 1988, pg. 238.</ref> The Western Red Colobus is frequently hunted by the Common Chimpanzee.<ref>http://virus.stanford.edu/filo/eboci.html</ref>

[edit] Species

• Western Red Colobus, Piliocolobus badius
  • Bay Red Colobus, Piliocolobus badius badius
  • Temminck's Red Colobus, Piliocolobus badius temminckii
  • Miss Waldrone's Red Colobus, Piliocolobus badius waldronae
• Pennant's Colobus, Piliocolobus pennantii
  • Bioko Red Colobus, Piliocolobus pennantii pennantii
  • Niger Delta Red Colobus, Piliocolobus pennantii epieni
  • Bouvier's Red Colobus, Piliocolobus pennantii bouvieri
• Preuss's Red Colobus, Piliocolobus preussi
• Thollon's Red Colobus, Piliocolobus tholloni
• Central African Red Colobus, Piliocolobus foai
  • Foa Red Colobus, Piliocolobus foai foai
  • Elliot's Red Colobus, Piliocolobus foai ellioti
  • Piliocolobus foai oustaleti
  • Piliocolobus foai semlikiensis
  • Lomami Red Colobus, Piliocolobus foai parmentierorum
• Ugandan Red Colobus, Piliocolobus tephrosceles
• Uzyngwa Red Colobus, Piliocolobus gordonorum
• Zanzibar Red Colobus, Piliocolobus kirkii
• Tana River Red Colobus, Piliocolobus rufomitratus

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