Zanzibar red colobus: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

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

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

Where does the Zanzibar red colobus live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Zanzibar red colobus in 1 country or territory across Africa. Wikidata lists it as endemic to Tanzania.

Tanzania

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 Zanzibar red colobus endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the Zanzibar red colobus?

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

About the Zanzibar red colobus

The Zanzibar red colobus (Piliocolobus kirkii) is a species of red colobus monkey endemic to Unguja, the main island of the Zanzibar Archipelago, off the coast of Tanzania. It is also known as Kirk's red colobus after Sir John Kirk, the British Resident of Zanzibar who first brought it to the attention of zoological science. It is now classified as an endangered species and in the mid-1990s was adopted as the flagship species for conservation in Zanzibar. The population is still decreasing, and conservationists are attempting to work with the local government to devise a proper, effective strategy to protect the population and habitat. Challenges include the species' habitat, which is limited to the archipelago. The species has been reclassified three times; it was previously in the genus Colobus, then in the genus Procolobus, and later in the genus Piliocolobus.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Zanzibar red colobus (revision 1379736273), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q913807 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).