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Piliocolobus rufomitratus (Tana River red colobus)

Synonyms: Colobus rufomitratus; Procolobus rufomitratus; Procolobus rufomitratus rufomitratus

Wikipedia Abstract

The Tana River red colobus (Procolobus rufomitratus), also called the eastern red colobus, is a highly endangered species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is endemic to a narrow zone of gallery forest near the Tana River in southeastern Kenya.
View Wikipedia Record: Piliocolobus rufomitratus

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Piliocolobus rufomitratus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
22
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 8.08
EDGE Score: 2.21
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  18.14 lbs (8.228 kg)
Female Weight [1]  15.984 lbs (7.25 kg)
Male Weight [1]  20.298 lbs (9.207 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [1]  27 %
Diet [2]  Frugivore, Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  20 %
Diet - Plants [2]  70 %
Diet - Seeds [2]  10 %
Forages - Arboreal [2]  100 %
Female Maturity [1]  4 years 1 month
Gestation [1]  6 months 3 days
Litter Size [1]  1
Snout to Vent Length [1]  24 inches (62 cm)

Predators

Homo sapiens (man)[3]
Stephanoaetus coronatus (Crowned Eagle)[3]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Pedicinus badii[3]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0