Tana River red colobus: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

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

Scientific name	Piliocolobus rufomitratus
Group	Monkeys
Status	Critically endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Africa
Class	Mammal
Order	Primates
Family	Cercopithecidae

Where does the Tana River red colobus live?

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

Kenya

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 Tana River red colobus endangered?

The Tana River red colobus’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Critically endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Tana River red colobus?

The Tana River red colobus (Piliocolobus rufomitratus) is a mammal in the order Primates and the family Cercopithecidae, genus Piliocolobus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Tana River red colobus

The Tana River red colobus (Piliocolobus rufomitratus), also called the eastern red colobus, is a highly endangered species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is endemic to a narrow zone of gallery forest near the Tana River in southeastern Kenya.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Tana River red colobus (revision 1361570077), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1194811 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).