Colobus satanas Waterhouse 1837

Colobus satanas Waterhouse 1837, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1837: 87.

Type Locality: Equatorial Guinea, Bioko.

Vernacular Names: Black Colobus.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Colobus satanas subsp. satanas Waterhouse 1837

Subspecies Colobus satanas subsp. anthracinus Leconte 1857

Distribution: SW Gabon, Rio Muni and Bioko (Equatorial Guinea), SW Cameroon; possibly Republic of Congo (Carpaneto, 1995).

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Endangered as C. s. satanus, Data Deficient as C. s. antracinus, otherwise Vulnerable.

Discussion: McAllan and Bruce (1989) argued that the original publication of this species is: The Analyst, 24:298-299 [publ. 2 July 1838].