Oustalet's red colobus

Oustalet's red colobus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Piliocolobus
Species:
P. oustaleti
Binomial name
Piliocolobus oustaleti
(Trouessart, 1906)
Oustalet's red colobus shown in green

Oustalet's red colobus (Piliocolobus oustaleti) is a species of red colobus monkey. It lives in various types of forest in southern South Sudan, southern Central African Republic, northern Democratic Republic of the Congo and northeastern Republic of the Congo. It eats leaves, fruit, flowers, buds and possibly seeds. Males have a head and body length of between 45.9 and 68 cm (18.1 and 26.8 in) with a tail length of between 55.5 and 73 cm (21.9 and 28.7 in). Females have a head and body length of between 52 and 64 cm (20 and 25 in) with a tail length of between 68 and 73 cm (27 and 29 in). Males weigh about 12.5 kg (28 lb) and females weigh about 8.2 kg (18 lb).


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