Lomami red colobus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Cercopithecidae |
Genus: | Piliocolobus |
Species: | P. parmentieri
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Binomial name | |
Piliocolobus parmentieri (Colyn & Verheyen, 1987)
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Distribution of the Lomami red colobus within the Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
Synonyms[2] | |
Piliocolobus foai parmentierorum |
The Lomami red colobus (Piliocolobus parmentieri) is a type of red colobus monkey from central Africa. Historically it had been treated as a subspecies of the Central African red colobus, (P. foai)[3] but more recent taxonomies generally treat it as a separate species.[4][5][2]
The Lomani red colobus has a limited range in lowland tropical rainforest between the Lomani River and the Lualaba River in central Democratic Republic of the Congo.[4] Its range extends as far south as the Ruiki River and the Lutanga River.[4] It eats leaves, fruit, flowers, buds and possibly seeds.[4][2] Males weigh about 9 kg (20 lb) and females weigh about 7.5 kg (17 lb).[4][2]