Niger Delta Red Colobus
Piliocolobus epieni
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Primates
- Family
- Cercopithecidae
Le colobe bai nigérien (Piliocolobus epieni) est un primate africain de la famille des Cercopithecidae. C'est une des espèces les plus menacées parmi les primates. Description Le colobe bai nigérien est assez semblable au Piliocolobus pennantii, à la différence qu'il ne possède pas de joue blanche, mais blanche-noire, le dessus de sa tête est olive.
The Niger Delta red colobus (Piliocolobus epieni) is a critically endangered species of colobus monkey endemic to the western part of the Niger Delta. It is threatened by hunting and habitat loss. Taxonomy From the time it first became known to science (in 1993) until 2007 or 2008, it was considered a subspecies of the western red colobus (Procolobus badius) and more recently Pennant's colobus (Procolobus pennantii), and its trinomial name was Procolobus badius epieni or Procolobus pennantii epieni.
El colobo rojo del Delta del Níger (Piliocolobus epieni) es una especie en peligro crítico de mono colobo endémica de la parte occidental del Delta del Níger. Está amenazada por la caza y la pérdida de hábitat.
Distribution
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