Global conservation status: critically endangered (Source: IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2)

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    • Procolobus pennantii
  • English
    • Pennant's Red Colobus
    • Bouvier's Red Colobus
    • Bouvier’s Red Colobus
    • Niger Delta Red Colobus
    • Bioko Red Colobus

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What

Pennant's Red Colobus Procolobus pennantii

Observer

nathanaelstanek

Date

Jan 9, 2010 09:34 PM HST

Description

Pennant's Red Colobus, Bioko subspecies (Procolobus p. pennantii)

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Description from Wikipedia

Pennant's Colobus (Piliocolobus pennantii) is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family. 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. It is found in rainforests and marshy forests. It is threatened by habitat loss and hunting for bushmeat, and one subspecies, bouvieri, is...