Procolobus (Piliocolobus) badius rufomitratus (Peters, 1879)

O'LEARY, RUTH, 2003, An Annotated Catalog of the African Primate Genera Colobus and Procolobus (Cercopithecidae: Colobinae) in the Collections of the American Museum of Natural History, American Museum Novitates 3399 (1), pp. 1-26 : 12

Procolobus (Piliocolobus) badius rufomitratus (Peters, 1879)

TAXONOMIC NOTES: Many authors have considered rufomitratus a valid species, including Dandelot (1971), Delson et al. (1982), and Groves (1993, 2001).

PELAGE NOTES: Head capped with russet, light brown cheeks. Nape dark brown, shoulders light brown to creamy white. Back grades from dark to medium to light brown at rump. Sides light brown grading to creamy­white underparts. Forelimbs and hind limbs very light brown, almost creamy. Hands and feet light brown. Tail medium brown, darker at tip. The distinguishing characteristic here is the prominent red cap. The rest of the coat is brown, similar in tone to the brown of P. b. oustaleti .

RANGE OF SPECIMENS: Specimens were collected from the mouth of the Tana River, Kenya. Range of the subspecies is restricted to Tana River gallery forests from Garsen north nearly to Wenje ( Groves, 2001) .

SPECIMENS: Appendix 1 , no. 18.

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