Temminck's red colobus
Temminck's red colobus[1] | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Cercopithecidae |
Genus: | Piliocolobus |
Species: | P. badius
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Subspecies: | P. b. temminckii
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Trinomial name | |
Piliocolobus badius temminckii (Kuhl, 1820)
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Temmick's red colobus range shown in yellow | |
Synonyms | |
Piliocolobus temminckii |
Temminck's red colobus (Piliocolobus badius temminckii) is a type of red colobus monkey from the Gambia, Casamance, Guinea-Bissau and northwestern Guinea. It has historically been regarded as a subspecies of the western red colobus (Piliocolobus badius),[1] and the Integrated Taxonomic Information System maintains this classification,[3] but many recent taxonomies classify it as a separate species (Piliocolobus temminckii).[4][5]
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Temminck's red colobus generally lives in dry deciduous and gallery forests. In Senegal it also lives in savannah.[4] No other red colobus lives in savannah.[4] The use of savannah and open areas may be a recent adaptation to deforestation, since researchers in the 1970s always found Temminck's red colobus in tall, dense forest.[4] Temminck's red colobus living in savannahs often associate with green monkeys, and sometimes also associate with patas monkeys and bushbucks for defense against predators.[4][6] Temminck's red colobus differs from the Western red colobus in that the Western red colobus lives in rainforest rather than dry forest and savannah, which may explain differences in behavior.[5]
The majority of its diet consists of fruit and leaves. Seeds, flowers, buds, bark and nuts account for most of the rest of the diet.[6]
Temminck's red colobus is listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.[2] Primary threats include deforestation and hunting.[6]
References[]
- ^ a b Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 169. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ a b Minhós, T.; Ferreira da Silva, M.J.; Bersacola, E.; Galat, G.; Galat-Luong, A.; Mayhew, M.; Starin, E.D. (2020). "Piliocolobus badius ssp. temminckii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T18247A92648587. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T18247A92648587.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Piliocolobus badius temminckii". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
- ^ a b c d e Zinner, D.; Fickenscher, G.H.; Roos, C. (2013). Mittermeier, Russell A.; Rylands, Anthony B.; Wilson, Don E. (eds.). Handbook of the Mammals of the World: Volume 3, Primates. Lynx. pp. 705–706. ISBN 978-8496553897.
- ^ a b Groves, C.P. (2016). "Species concepts and conservation". In Wich, Serge A.; Marshall, Andrew J. (eds.). An Introduction to Primate Conservation. pp. 45–47. ISBN 9780198703396.
- ^ a b c Galat-Luong, A.; et al. (2016). Rowe, Noel; Myers, Marc (eds.). All the World's Primates. Pogonias Press. pp. 547–549. ISBN 9781940496061.
- IUCN Red List endangered species
- Piliocolobus
- Mammals of West Africa
- Casamance
- Endangered fauna of Africa
- Mammals described in 1820