Central African red colobus

Central African red colobus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	Cercopithecidae
Tribe:	Colobini
Genus:	Piliocolobus
Groups included
Piliocolobus foai Piliocolobus langi Piliocolobus oustaleti Piliocolobus parmentieri Piliocolobus rufomitratus Piliocolobus semlikiensis Piliocolobus tephrosceles
Species considered Central African red colobus are found within the ranges colored in green, red, yellow, gray, dark blue and pink

Central African red colobus is the traditional name for several species of red colobus monkey that had formerly been considered a single species, Piliocolobus foai. Central African red colobus monkeys are found in humid forests in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and South Sudan.

Species that have at times been included within the Central African red colobus include:

• Foa's red colobus (Piliocolobus foai)
• Lang's red colobus (Piliocolobus langi)
• Oustalet's red colobus (Piliocolobus oustaleti)
• Lomami red colobus (Piliocolobus parmentieri)
• Tana River red colobus (Piliocolobus rufomitratus)
• Semliki red colobus (Piliocolobus semlikiensis)
• Ugandan red colobus (Piliocolobus tephrosceles)

Central African red colobus monkeys are endemic to tropical central Africa, including the Republic of Congo, the southern part of the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the southern part of South Sudan. The southern limit of the range is the Congo River, the eastern limit is the Aruwimi River and the northern limit is the savannah woodlands north of the Uele River. They are found in lowland primary forest, particularly swampy areas, open woodland and gallery forest. They spend about seventy percent of their time in the canopy, and the rest of the time on the ground. They sometimes wade into water to collect aquatic bulbs.