Black colobus: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the black colobus lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Colobus satanas
Group	Monkeys
Status	Vulnerable (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Africa
Class	Mammal
Order	Primates
Family	Cercopithecidae

Where does the black colobus live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the black colobus in 1 country or territory across Africa.

Equatorial Guinea

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the black colobus endangered?

The black colobus’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Vulnerable” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the black colobus?

The black colobus (Colobus satanas) is a mammal in the order Primates and the family Cercopithecidae, genus Colobus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the black colobus

The black colobus (Colobus satanas), or satanic black colobus, is a species of Old World monkey belonging to the genus Colobus. The species is found in a small area of western central Africa. Black colobuses are large, completely covered with black fur, and like all other Colobus monkeys, do not have a thumb. The species has faced large declines in population due to habitat destruction and hunting by humans, and was consequently listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List in 1994.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Black colobus (revision 1365472242), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q521977 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).