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iWestern Red Colobus<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. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.</ref>
Conservation status
Image:Status iucn3.1 EN.svg Endangered (EN)<ref name=IUCN>Butynski, T. & Members of the Primate Specialist Group (2000). Procolobus badius. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2006-07-12.</ref> </div>
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Family: Cercopithecidae Subfamily: Colobinae Genus: Piliocolobus Species: P. badius
Binomial name
Piliocolobus badius (Kerr, 1792)

The Western Red Colobus (Piliocolobus) is a species of Old World monkey. It is often hunted by the Common Chimpanzee. In 1994, Western Red Colobus infected many chimpanzees with Ebola virus when they were hunted/eaten by the same chimpanzees. <ref>http://virus.stanford.edu/filo/eboci.html</ref>

[edit] Subspecies

This red colobus has three subspecies, including the nominate:<ref name=MSW/>

• Bay Red Colobus, Piliocolobus badius badius
• Temminck's Red Colobus, Piliocolobus badius temminckii
• Miss Waldrone's Red Colobus, Piliocolobus badius waldronae

P. b. waldronae is critically endangered, possibly even extinct. The other two subspecies are in danger of extinction.<ref name=IUCN/>

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