Colobus satanas
G. R. Waterhouse, 1838
Black Colobus
Distribution :
SW Gabon, Rio Muni and Bioko (Equatorial Guinea), SW Cameroon; possibly Republic of Congo.
Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 5537
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Primates |
| Suborder | : Haplorhini |
| Infraorder | : Simiiformes |
| Parvorder | : Catarrhini |
| Superfamily | : Cercopithecoidea |
| Family | : Cercopithecidae |
| Subfamily | : Colobinae |
| Tribe | : Colobini |
| Genus | : Colobus |
Species status
Authority citation
Waterhouse, G.R. 1838-07. Mr. Waterhouse brought before the notice of the Meeting an extremely interesting series of skins of Mammalia, which had recently been given to the Society's Museum by George Knapp, Esq., who had received them from the Island of Fernando Po. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1838(65):57-61.
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Original name as described
Colobus satanas
Other common names
Bioko Black Colobus · Gabon Black Colobus
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1841.1753, BMNH:Mamm:1841.1754, BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.404
Type kind
syntypes
Type specimen URI
Type locality
Equatorial Guinea, Fernando Poo (= Bioko Island).
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Cameroon · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Angola?
IUCN Red List status
Vulnerable
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