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Thollon's red colobus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Primates

Genus
  
Procolobus

Scientific name
  
Piliocolobus tholloni

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Cercopithecidae

Subgenus
  
Piliocolobus

Higher classification
  
Red colobus

Similar
  
Preuss's red colobus, Pennant's colobus, Central African red colobus, Sarawak surili, Laotian langur

Thollon's red colobus (Procolobus tholloni), also known as the Tshuapa red colobus, is a species of red colobus monkey from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and lower Republic of the Congo. It is found south of Congo River and west of Lomami River. It had once been considered a subspecies of the P. badius. It was recognised as a distinct species by Dandelot in 1974, and this was followed by Groves in 2001, while others have suggested it should be considered a subspecies of P. rufomitratus.

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Thollon's red colobus Wikipedia