King colobus: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

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

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

Where does the king colobus live?

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

Ivory Coast

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 king colobus endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the king colobus?

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

About the king colobus

The king colobus (Colobus polykomos), also known as the western black-and-white colobus, is a species of Old World monkey, found in lowland and mountain rainforests in a region stretching from Senegal, through Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia to the Ivory Coast. One of five members of the genus Colobus, the black-and-white colobuses, the king colobus is the westernmost species of the group on the continent of Africa. It eats mainly leaves, but also fruits and flowers. Though it is arboreal, it eats primarily on the ground. It lives in small groups consisting of 3 to 4 females and 1 to 3 males, plus their young. These groups maintain distance from one another through territorial calling.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article King colobus (revision 1356922913), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q949200 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).