Colobus vellerosus I. Geoffroy 1834

Colobus vellerosus I. Geoffroy 1834, in: Belanger, Voy. Indes-Orientales, Zool.: 37.

Type Locality: "Africa".

Vernacular Names: Ursine Colobus.

Synonyms: Colobus bicolor (Wesmael 1835); Colobus dollmani Schwarz 1927; Colobus leucomeros Ogilby 1838; Colobus ursinus Ogilby 1835 .

Distribution: Nzi-Bandama system (Côte d’Ivoire) to W Nigeria.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: 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 (2001 c).