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The red colobus monkeys have adapted their behavior by joining troops of green monkeys that are near the potential red colobus troops that they wish to join, and living amongst them in order to spy on their potential new families. In one notable case, an adolescent male red colobus spent two years with a green monkey troop in order to spy in ...
Red colobus monkeys generally appear to be particularly sensitive to hunting and habitat disturbance, hence concerns that the species may be on the verge of extinction. [3] The Niger Delta red colobus was still found in the Edumanom Forest Reserve in 2008. [5]
Preuss's red colobus (Piliocolobus preussi) is a red colobus primate species endemic to the Cross-Sanaga Rivers ecoregion. An important population occurs in Korup National Park , Southwest Province , Cameroon , but the species' distribution is localized (groups are frequently encountered near the main tourist camps).
The western red colobus (Piliocolobus badius), also known as the bay red colobus, rust red colobus or Upper Guinea red colobus, is a species of Old World monkey in West African forests from Senegal to Ghana. [1] All other species of red colobuses have formerly been considered subspecies of P. badius. The monkey is a frequent prey of the common ...
Contra Groves, [1] it was not recognized as a species separate from the Ugandan, Central African and Thollon's red colobus in the 2008 IUCN Red List. With these as subspecies, P. rufomitratus is considered to be of least concern in the 2008 IUCN Red List, [5] while P. (r.) rufomitratus is considered endangered. [2]
In IUCN's 2008 and 2016 assessments, Bouvier's red colobus was classified as critically endangered with a note saying it was "possibly extinct". [1] No individuals had been seen in the wild since the 1970s and was thought to have lost at least 80% of its population since then, due to hunting and habitat loss. [1]
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 and Mammal Diversity Database both maintain this classification, [3] [4] but many less ...
The IUCN Red List notes Miss Waldron's red colobus as critically endangered. [2] Miss Waldron's red colobus was discovered in December 1933 by Willoughby P. Lowe, a British Museum (Natural History) collector [5] who had shot eight specimens of the animal.