Piliocolobus waldroni

(Hayman, 1936)

Miss Waldron's Red Colobus

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 : Piliocolobus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Hayman, R.W. 1936-04. On a collection of mammals from the Gold Coast. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1935(4):915-937.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1935.tb06271.x

Original name as described

Colobus badius waldroni

Other common names

Miss Waldron's Bay Colobus

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1935.1.30.7

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/80341d3b-c8cf-4da3-ab29-d3879ec9c7e4 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e7e36f8b-eb92-4857-b04e-6e089ee03179

Type locality

Goaso, Ashanti, Ghana.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana?

Taxonomy notes

split from P. badius; the name 'waldronae' is often used for this species, but this is considered an unjustified emendation of the original spelling, 'waldroni', which is used here

Taxonomy notes citation

Groves, C.P. 2007. The taxonomic diversity of the Colobinae of Africa. Journal of Anthropological Sciences 85:7-34. a#4882

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000657

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 5 names and synonyms.

Colobus badius waldroni

(Hayman, 1936)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

waldroni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1935.1.30.7

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/80341d3b-c8cf-4da3-ab29-d3879ec9c7e4 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e7e36f8b-eb92-4857-b04e-6e089ee03179

Authority page

915

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Hayman (1936:915) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14108)
Allen (1939:169, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782720) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Piliocolobus badius waldronae

Kingdon, 1997

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

waldronae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

26

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Procolobus badius waldroni

(Grubb, Butynski, J. F. Oates, Bearder, Disotell, Groves, & Struhsaker, 2003)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

waldroni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

1339

Authority publication

International Journal of Primatology

Name usages

Grubb, Butynski, Oates, Bearder, Disotell, Groves & Struhsaker (2003:1339) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4919)

Piliocolobus waldronae

Mittermeier, Rylands, & D. E. Wilson, 2013

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

waldronae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

706

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:706) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000393) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000393) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

Piliocolobus waldroni

Mayhew, J. D. Cramer, L. Fenton, Dittrich, & R. Armstrong, 2020

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

waldroni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

129

Authority publication

Primate Conservation

Name usages

Mayhew, Cramer, Fenton, Dittrich & Armstrong (2020:129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/55951)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000657) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18248/166620835) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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