Piliocolobus badius (Kerr 1792)

[Simia] badius Kerr 1792, in: Linnaeus, Anim. Kingdom: 74.

Type Locality: Sierra Leone.

Vernacular Names: Western Red Colobus.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Piliocolobus badius subsp. badius Kerr 1792

Subspecies Piliocolobus badius subsp. temminckii Kuhl 1820

Subspecies Piliocolobus badius subsp. waldronae Hayman 1936

Distribution: Senegal to Ghana.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Critically Endangered as Procolobus b. waldroni (probably extinct: Oates et al., 2000), Endangered as P. b. badius and P. b. temminckii.

Discussion: Includes waldronae and temmincki; see Dandelot (1974:33); but also see Rahm (1970).