Western Red Colobus
Piliocolobus badius
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Epic
- Observations
- 235
- Most observed in
- 🇬🇲 Gambia
- Conservation
- Endangered
Description
The western red colobus (Piliocolobus badius), also known as the bay red colobus, rust red colobus or Upper Guinea red colobus, is a species of Old World monkey in West African forests from Senegal to Ghana. All other species of red colobuses have formerly been considered subspecies of P. badius. The monkey is a frequent prey of the common chimpanzee. In 1994, western red colobus monkeys infected many chimpanzees with Ebola virus after being hunted and consumed by the chimps.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Western red colobus”.