Piliocolobus foai de Pousargues 1899

Piliocolobus foai de Pousargues 1899, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 5: 278.

Type Locality: Dem. Rep. Congo, between SW of Lake Tanganyika and upper Congo, Ouroua.

Vernacular Names: Central African Red Colobus.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Piliocolobus foai subsp. foai de Pousargues 1899

Subspecies Piliocolobus foai subsp. ellioti Dollman 1909

Subspecies Piliocolobus foai subsp. oustaleti Trouessart 1906

Subspecies Piliocolobus foai subsp. parmentierorum Colyn and Verheyen 1987

Subspecies Piliocolobus foai subsp. semlikiensis Colyn 1991

Distribution: Republic of Congo (Sangha, Oubangui), Dem. Rep. Congo (north of Congo, east of Lualaba), Central African Republic (Ngotto), Sudan (southernmost forests).

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Data Deficient as Procolobus badius foai, P. b. ellioti, P. b. langi, P. b. lulidicus, and P. b. parmentierorum.

Discussion: A rather heterogeneous species, but subspecies are variable and hard to separate. Considered a separate species by Groves (2001 c).