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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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Synonyms:

    bicolor (Wesmael, 1835)
    dollmani Schwarz, 1927
    leucomeros Ogilby, 1838
    ursinus Ogilby, 1835

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