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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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Synonyms:

    comosa (Shaw, 1800)
    polycomos (Schreber, 1800)
    regalis (Kerr, 1792)
    tetradactyla (Link, 1795)

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