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Pennant's colobus
Species of Old World monkey / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pennant's colobus or Pennant's red colobus (Piliocolobus pennantii) is a species of tree-dwelling primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is endemic to tropical Central Africa. Three subspecies have traditionally been recognised but its distribution is peculiarly disjunct and has been considered a biogeographical puzzle, with one population on the island of Bioko (Equatorial Guinea), a second in the Niger River Delta in southern Nigeria, and a third in east-central Republic of Congo.[1][3] It is found in rainforests and marshy forests. It is threatened by habitat loss and hunting for bushmeat.
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Pennant's colobus[1] | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Cercopithecidae |
Genus: | Piliocolobus |
Species: | P. pennantii |
Binomial name | |
Piliocolobus pennantii (Waterhouse, 1838) | |
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Pennant's colobus range | |
Synonyms | |
Piliocolobus pennantii |
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