Lang's red colobus (''Piliocolobus langi'') is a species of
red colobus monkey. Historically it had been treated as a subspecies of the
Central African red colobus, (''P. foai'')
but more recent taxonomies generally treat it as a separate species.
Lang's red colobus lives in lowland rainforest in the northeastern portion of the
Democratic Republic of the Congo between the
Lualaba River and the
Aruwimi-Ituri River.
[ It eats leaves, fruit, flowers, buds and possibly seeds.][ Males have a head and body length of about with a tail length of about .][ Females have a head and body length about with a tail length of between .][ Males weigh about and females weigh about .][
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Lang's red colobus
Mammals of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Endemic fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lang's red colobus
Taxa named by Joel Asaph Allen