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--> SUPERFAMILY Cercopithecoidea
--> FAMILY Cercopithecidae
--> SUBFAMILY Colobinae
--> GENUS Colobus
SPECIES Colobus vellerosus
Author: | I. Geoffroy, 1834. | Citation: | In Bélanger, Voy. Indes-Orientales, Zool.: 37. | Common Name: | Ursine Colobus | Type Locality: | "Africa". | Distribution: | Nzi-Bandama system (Côte d’Ivoire) to W Nigeria. | Status: | CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Vulnerable. | Comments: | Strictly, dollmani is hybrid swarm between vellerosus and polykomos, but phenetically much closer to vellerosus. Separated from polykomos by Oates and Trocco (1983) and Groves (2001c). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
bicolor (Wesmael, 1835) dollmani Schwarz, 1927 leucomeros Ogilby, 1838 ursinus Ogilby, 1835
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