Colobus vellerosus

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1830)

White-thighed Colobus

Also as Geoffroy's Black-and-white Colobus, Ursine Colobus, White-thighed Black-and-white Colobus.
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Location:Benin, Donga department, Bassila commune, Kikélé sacred forest, 09°00' N 01°43' EDate taken:21 November 2013Description:Also as Geoffroy's Black-and-white Colobus, Ursine Colobus, White-thighed Black-and-white Colobus.

Distribution :

Nzi-Bandama system (Côte d’Ivoire) to W Nigeria.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 2391

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

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, I. 1830-08. Description de plusieurs espèces nouvelles de singes, appartenant aux genres Semnopithèque et Macaque. Bulletin des Sciences Naturelles et de Géologie 22:317-318.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43080898

Original name as described

Semnopithecus vellerosus

Other common names

Geoffroy's Black-and-white Colobus · Ursine Colobus · White-thighed Black-and-white Colobus

Type locality

Afrique.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Benin · Burkina Faso · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Nigeria · Togo

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000640

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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: 9 names and synonyms.

Semnopithecus vellerosus

I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1830

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

vellerosus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

la patrie est inconnue

Type locality

Africa.

Authority page

318

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43080898

Authority publication

Bulletin des Sciences Naturelles et de Géologie

Name usages

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1831:37, 70) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67807)
Lesson (1842:3) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Semnopithecus bicolor

Wesmael, 1835

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

bicolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

Le S. bicolor paraît être originaire des côtes d'Afrique.

Type locality

Africa.

Authority page

236

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2880444

Authority publication

Bulletin de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique

Name usages

Lesson (1842:3) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Colobus leucomeros

W. Ogilby, 1838

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

leucomeros

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.405, RMNH.MAM.63707, MNHN (no number given)

Type kind

syntypes

Original type locality

Africa

Type locality

Africa: Western Africa.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3ed58176-7f31-409c-8f57-d8633753446c https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ea14c39b-ee02-476c-8b01-05ff0c6c9c84

Authority page

69

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30570954

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Blyth (1840:57, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918217) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67419)
Lesson (1842:4) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Colobus Leucomerus:

W. Ogilby, 1838

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

leucomerus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

288

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Ogilby (1838:288) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39314)

Colobus bicolor:

J. E. Gray, 1868

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

bicolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

181

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28664686

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Gray (1868:181, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28664686) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69182)
Gray (1871:18, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994512) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)
Rochebrune (1883:71, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26187524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43667)

Colobus vellerosus:

W. C. H. Peters, 1876

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

vellerosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

471

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35329848

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

Schlegel (1876:26, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14895091) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67480)
Peters (1876:471, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35329848) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17187)
Trouessart (1904:9, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422868) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Elliot (1913:lxv, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)
Grubb, Butynski, Oates, Bearder, Disotell, Groves & Struhsaker (2003:1343) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4919)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:702) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:109) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5146) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5146) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000640) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5146/169472127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pterycolobus vellerosus:

A. T. de Rochebrune, 1887

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

vellerosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

125

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51236153

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Rochebrune (1887:125, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51236153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69161)

Colobus polykomos dollmani

E. Schwarz, 1927

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

dollmani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1923.2.3.4

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Bandama, Bandama River, Ivory Coast.

Type locality

Cote d'Ivoire.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7c1fd42e-d1c0-4907-bff8-b51394e1c7ef https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8fe289a1-56c7-4de7-a4e3-9bc525a2d4d4

Authority page

155

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Allen (1939:165, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782716) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Colobus polykomos vellerosus:

Hayman, 1936

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

vellerosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

917

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Hayman (1936:917) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14108)
Allen (1939:165, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782716) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

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