Piliocolobus kirkii

(J. E. Gray, 1868)

Zanzibar Red Colobus

Also as Kirk's Red Colobus.
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Location:Tanzania, Zanzibar, Unguja, Jozani Chwaka Bay National ParkDate taken:15 October 2013Description:Also as Kirk's Red Colobus.

Distribution :

Zanzibar.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 2298

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: Piliocolobus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1868-05. Notices of a new species of Colobus and of another monkey from Zanzibar. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1868(1):180-182.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28664683

Original name as described

Colobus kirkii

Other common names

Kirk's Red Colobus

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1868.3.16.1

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cd8e3db7-1a48-4856-b869-0472605b232d https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ef2240c6-9ead-4549-a9d3-957f91fcc207

Type locality

Tanzania, Zanzibar.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Tanzania

Taxonomy notes

split from P. foai

Taxonomy notes citation

Groves, C.P. 2007. The taxonomic diversity of the Colobinae of Africa. Journal of Anthropological Sciences 85:7-34. a#4882

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000646

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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: 7 names and synonyms.

Colobus kirkii

J. E. Gray, 1868

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

kirkii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1868.3.16.1

Type kind

lectotype

Original type locality

Zanzibar

Type locality

Tanzania.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cd8e3db7-1a48-4856-b869-0472605b232d https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ef2240c6-9ead-4549-a9d3-957f91fcc207

Authority page

180

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28664683

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Gray (1868:180, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28664683) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69182)
Gray (1871:127, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994644) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)
Schlegel (1876:25, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14895090) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67480)
Pagenstecher (1885:32, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7824485) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67738)
Corbet & Hill (1991:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

Piliocolobus kirki:

A. T. de Rochebrune, 1887

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

kirki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

112

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51236140

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Rochebrune (1887:112, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51236140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69161)
Matschie (1900:184, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8797190) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16914)

Colobus kirki:

Noack, 1891

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

kirki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

150

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7781040

Authority publication

Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten

Name usages

Noack (1891:150, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7781040) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38509)
Matschie (1895:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
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)
Corbet & Hill (1980:89) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Colobus badius kirki:

E. Schwarz, 1928

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

kirki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

96

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45342385

Authority publication

Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde

Name usages

Schwarz (1928:96, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45342385) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69776)

Colobus badius kirkii:

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

kirkii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

172

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782723

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:172, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782723) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Procolobus kirkii:

Grubb, Butynski, Oates, Bearder, Disotell, Groves, & Struhsaker, 2003

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

kirkii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

1339

Authority publication

International Journal of Primatology

Name usages

Grubb, Butynski, Oates, Bearder, Disotell, Groves & Struhsaker (2003:1339) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4919)
Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)

Piliocolobus kirkii:

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

kirkii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:706) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000385) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000385) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000646) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/39992/168568335) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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