Lang's_red_colobus

Lang's red colobus

Lang's red colobus

Species of Old World monkey

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)[2] but more recent taxonomies generally treat it as a separate species.[3][4][5]

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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.[3] It eats leaves, fruit, flowers, buds and possibly seeds.[3][5] Males have a head and body length of about 50 cm (20 in) with a tail length of about 66.5 cm (26.2 in).[3] Females have a head and body length about 48.5 cm (19.1 in) with a tail length of between 44 and 66.5 cm (17.3 and 26.2 in).[3] Males weigh about 9 kg (20 lb) and females weigh about 7.7 kg (17 lb).[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Hart, J.; Laudisoit, A.; Struhsaker, T.T.; Oates, J.F. (2020). "Piliocolobus langi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T18261A166605018. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
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    Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 169. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
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    Zinner, D.; Fickenscher, G.H.; Roos, C. (2013). Mittermeier, Russell A.; Rylands, Anthony B.; Wilson, Don E. (eds.). Handbook of the Mammals of the World: Volume 3, Primates. Lynx. p. 710. ISBN 978-8496553897.
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    Groves, C.P. (2016). "Species concepts and conservation". In Wich, Serge A.; Marshall, Andrew J. (eds.). An Introduction to Primate Conservation. pp. 45–47. ISBN 9780198703396.
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    Ting, Nelson (2016). Rowe, Noel; Myers, Marc (eds.). All the World's Primates. Pogonias Press. pp. 540–541. ISBN 9781940496061.
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