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--> SUPERFAMILY Cercopithecoidea
--> FAMILY Cercopithecidae
--> SUBFAMILY Colobinae
--> GENUS Colobus
SPECIES Colobus polykomos
Author: | Zimmermann, 1780. | Citation: | Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere, 2: 202. | Common Name: | King Colobus | Type Locality: | Sierra Leone. | Distribution: | Gambia to the Nzo-Sassandra system in Côte d’Ivoire. | Status: | CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). | Comments: | Does not include vellerosus (Groves, 2001c; Oates and Trocco, 1983). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
comosa (Shaw, 1800) polycomos (Schreber, 1800) regalis (Kerr, 1792) tetradactyla (Link, 1795)
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