Procolobus verus (Van Beneden 1838)

[Colobus] verus Van Beneden 1838, Bull. Acad. Sci. Belles-Letters Bruxelles, 5: 347.

Type Locality: Africa.

Vernacular Names: Olive Colobus.

Synonyms: Procolobus chrysurus (Gray 1866); Procolobus cristatus (Gray 1866); Procolobus olivaceus (Wagner 1840) .

Distribution: Sierra Leone to Togo; Idah Dist. (E Nigeria, see Menzies, 1970, for comments).

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Separated as a genus from Colobus by Dandelot (1974:37) and Corbet and Hill (1980:90).