Olive colobus

Olive colobus[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Cercopithecidae
Subfamily: Colobinae
Tribe: Colobini
Genus: Procolobus
Rochebrune, 1877
Species:
P. verus
Binomial name
Procolobus verus
(van Beneden, 1838)
Olive colobus range

The olive colobus monkey (Procolobus verus), also known as the green colobus or Van Beneden's colobus, is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. Its English name refers to its dull olive upperparts.[3] It is the smallest example of all colobine monkeys and is rarely observed in its natural habitat because of its cryptic coloration and secretive nature.[4] It is found in the rain forests of West Africa, ranging from southern Sierra Leone to Nigeria.[2] The IUCN Red List classifies the olive colobus as vulnerable[2] (previously near threatened), with the cause of its decline attributed to habitat loss and hunting.[2] Though much of the land within the range of the olive colobus has been affected by human activities, it retains its ability to thrive in small degraded forest fragments.[2]

  1. ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 169, 172–73. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ a b c d e Oates, J.F.; Gonedelé Bi, S.; Ikemeh, R.; Koné, I.; McGraw, S.; Nobimè, G.; Osei, D.; Wiafe, E. (2020). "Procolobus verus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T18245A166610679. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T18245A166610679.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  3. ^ Kingdon, J. (1997). The Kingdon Guide to African Mammals. London: Academic Press Limited. ISBN 0-12-408355-2.
  4. ^ Oates, J.F. (1988). "The Diet of the Olive Colobus Monkey, Procolobus verus, in Sierra Leone". International Journal of Primatology. 9 (5): 457–478. doi:10.1007/BF02736220. S2CID 12643053.