Colobus polykomos

(E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1780)

King Colobus

Frontal view. Also as Ursine Black-and-white Colobus|Western Black-and-white Colobus|Western Pied Colobus.
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Location:UK, England, London ZooDate taken:Jan 1, 1987

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Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Primates
Suborder : Haplorhini
Infraorder : Simiiformes
Parvorder : Catarrhini
Superfamily : Cercopithecoidea
Family : Cercopithecidae
Subfamily : Colobinae
Tribe : Colobini
Genus : Colobus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Zimmermann, E.A.W. von. 1780. Geographische Geschichte des Menschen, und der vierfüßigen Thiere. Zweiter Band. Weygandsche Buchhandlung, Leipzig, 432 pp.

Authority publication link

https://leopard.tu-braunschweig.de/rsc/viewer/dbbs_derivate_00004650/max/00000215.jpg

Original name as described

Cebus (Polykomos)

Other common names

Ursine Black-and-white Colobus · Western Black-and-white Colobus · Western Pied Colobus

Type material

NMW ST1488

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Sierra Leone (probably Sherbro Island).

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Senegal? · Gambia?

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000638

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 16 names and synonyms.

Cebus (Polykomos)

(E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1780)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

polykomos

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMW ST1488

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

202

Authority page URI

https://leopard.tu-braunschweig.de/rsc/viewer/dbbs_derivate_00004650/max/00000215.jpg

Authority publication

Leipzig

Cercopithecus polykomos

(E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1783)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

polykomos

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

170

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Zimmermann (1783:170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)

Simia Polycomos

(Boddaert, 1785)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

polycomos

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

61

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230025

Authority publication

Rotterdam

Name usages

  1. Boddaert (1785:61, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230025) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  2. Schreber (1797:pl. 10D, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31059902) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38160)
  3. Goldfuss (1809:64, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497898) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  4. Virey (1819:277, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35135195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60385)
  5. Gray (1821:298) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9308)
  6. Fischer (1829:13) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  7. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Simia Cercopithecus regalis

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

regalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMW ST1488

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

74

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664092

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

  1. Kerr (1792:74, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664092) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  2. Turton (1802:17, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772854) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Simia Tetradactyla

(Link, 1795)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

tetradactylus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMW ST1488

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

62

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272938

Authority publication

Rostock

Name usages

  1. Link (1795:62, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272938) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35635)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Simia Polykomos

(J. Wolf, 1796)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

polykomos

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

33

Authority publication

Nuremberg

Name usages

Wolf (1796:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72410)

Simia Comosa

(G. K. Shaw, 1800)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

comosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMW ST1488

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

59

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150708

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Shaw (1800:59, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150708) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37615)
  2. Griffith (1821:69) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68343)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Cercopithecus comosus

(Daudin, 1802)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

comosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

145

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033395

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Daudin (1802:145, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033395) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  2. Muirhead (1819:401) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)

Ateles policomos

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1806)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

policomos

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

273

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48532055

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1806:273, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48532055) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68571)

Colobus Polycomos

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

polycomos

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

92

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499286

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1812:92, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499286) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17666)
  2. Illiger (1815:77, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080933) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  3. Desmarest (1821:53, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523817) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
  4. Schinz (1821:111, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528868) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  5. Lesson (1827:33, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207465) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  6. Lesson (1842:4) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

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