Ursine colobus: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Ursine colobus Colobus vellerosus Critically endangered

Where the ursine colobus lives – recorded in 3 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 129 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See monkeys on the world map

Scientific name	Colobus vellerosus
Group	Monkeys
Status	Critically endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	3 countries
Continents	Africa
Class	Mammal
Order	Primates
Family	Cercopithecidae

Where does the ursine colobus live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the ursine colobus in 3 countries and territories across Africa.

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 ursine colobus endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the ursine colobus?

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

About the ursine colobus

The ursine colobus (Colobus vellerosus), also known as the white-thighed colobus, Geoffroy's black-and-white colobus, or the white-thighed black-and-white colobus, is a West African species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Ursine colobus (revision 1377985304), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q546456 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).