Colobus polykomos (Zimmermann 1780)

[Cebus] polykomos Zimmermann 1780, Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere, 2: 202.

Type Locality: Sierra Leone.

Vernacular Names: King Colobus.

Synonyms: Colobus comosa (Shaw 1800); Colobus polycomos (Schreber 1800); Colobus regalis (Kerr 1792); Colobus tetradactyla (Link 1795) .

Distribution: Gambia to the Nzo-Sassandra system in Côte d’Ivoire.

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

Discussion: Does not include vellerosus (Groves, 2001 c; Oates and Trocco, 1983).