Piliocolobus tephrosceles
IUCN
LCBasic Information
Scientific classification
- name：Piliocolobus tephrosceles
- Aliases：Piliocolobus tephrosceles，Uganda Red Colobus,Red colobus monkey Ugandan subspecies
- Outline：Primates
- Family：Cercopithecidae R.Colobus
Vital signs
- length：47-63cm
- Weight：5-10kg
- lifetime：No verification information
Feature
Details
The scientific name of the Ugandan red colobus is Piliocolobus tephrosceles, and its foreign name is Uganda Red Colobus. It feeds on leaves, fruits, and flowers. Its specific habits are unknown.
Listed in the "World Conservation Union" (IUCN) ver.: 2008 Red List of Primates - Endangered (EN).
Protect wild animals and stop eating game.
Maintaining ecological balance is everyone's responsibility!
Location
Distributed in Uganda.
Inhabits riverine forests.
Form
The head and body are 47-63 cm long, the tail is 52-75 cm long, and the weight is 5-10 kg. The hair on the top of the head, back, outer side of the upper arm, forehead, outer thigh, tail and other parts is gray to dark black; the pubic area is white; the hair on other parts is light orange to orange-red. In order to digest crude fiber, its stomach is divided into four chambers like herbivores, and it has the function of rumination.
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