Colobus vellerosus I. Geoffroy 1834

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Primates, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 111-184 : 168

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scientific name	Colobus vellerosus I. Geoffroy 1834
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Colobus vellerosus I. Geoffroy 1834 , in: Belanger, Voy. Indes-Orientales, Zool.: 37.

Type Locality: "Africa".

Vernacular Names: Ursine Colobus.

Synonyms: Colobus bicolor (Wesmael 1835) ; Colobus dollmani Schwarz 1927 ; Colobus leucomeros Ogilby 1838 ; Colobus ursinus Ogilby 1835 .

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

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Strictly, dollmani is hybrid swarm between vellerosus and polykomos , but phenetically much closer to vellerosus . Separated from polykomos by Oates and Trocco (1983) and Groves (2001 c).