Piliocolobus tephrosceles

(Elliot, 1907)

Ugandan Red Colobus

Type Description:

Elliot, D. G. 1907. Descriptions of apparently new species and subspecies of mammals belonging to the families Lemuridae, Cebidae, Callitrichidae, and Cercopithecidae in the collection of the Natural History Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 7, 20:185-196.

Type Locality:

Uganda, Toro, Ruahara River, east side of Ruwenzoris.

Measurements:

Total length: 1270-1370 mm

Head and body: 485-670 mm

Tail length: 600-730 mm

Weight: 7-12.5 kg

Distribution:

Piliocolobus tephrosceles has a wide yet scattered distribution from Uganda down to Tanzania east of the Rift Valley. This species ranges in many forest types from levee, swamp, lowland and mixed to montane forests up to 2,500 m. (Kingdon, 1984, 1997)

Key Reference:

1. Kingdon, J. 1984. East African mammals: An atlas of evolution in Africa. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1:154-161.
2. Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon field guide to African mammals, AP Natural World Academic Press, Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, p. 24.
3. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1:569, 606-607.