Thollon's red colobus (''Piliocolobus tholloni''), also known as the Tshuapa red colobus, is a species of

red colobus Red colobuses are Old World monkeys of the genus ''Piliocolobus''. It was formerly considered a subgenus within the genus ''Procolobus'', which is now restricted to the olive colobus. They are closely related to the black-and-white colobus monke ...

monkey Monkey is a common name that may refer to most mammals of the infraorder Simiiformes, also known as the simians. Traditionally, all animals in the group now known as simians are counted as monkeys except the apes, which constitutes an incomple ...

from the

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

and lower

Republic of the Congo The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country located in the western coast of Central Africa to the w ...

. It is found south of

Congo River The Congo River ( kg, Nzâdi Kôngo, french: Fleuve Congo, pt, Rio Congo), formerly also known as the Zaire River, is the second longest river in Africa, shorter only than the Nile, as well as the second largest river in the world by discharg ...

and west of Lomami River. It had once been considered a

subspecies In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics ( morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all specie ...

of the '' P. badius''. It was recognised as a distinct species by Dandelot in 1974, and this was followed by Groves in 2001, while others have suggested it should be considered a subspecies of '' P. rufomitratus''.

References

External links

* Flickr
image of the Thollon's red colobus'' (Procolobus tholloni)''
* Flickr
image of the Thollon's red colobus'' (Procolobus tholloni)''
* Flickr
image of the Thollon's red colobus'' (Procolobus tholloni)''
* Flickr
image of the Thollon's red colobus'' (Procolobus tholloni)''
Thollon's red colobus Mammals of the Republic of the Congo Mammals of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Fauna of Central Africa Endangered fauna of Africa Thollon's red colobus Primates of Africa Endemic fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo {{oldworld-monkey-stub