Ruwenzori colobus
Subspecies of monkey
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The Ruwenzori colobus (Colobus angolensis ruwenzorii), also known as Ruwenzori black-and-white colobus, is a subspecies of the Angola colobus.[1] This primate is distributed from the Afromontane forests of the Ruwenzori Mountains across the mountains in Burundi and Rwanda to the northern shore of Lake Tanganyika.[2]
| Ruwenzori black-and-white colobus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | Cercopithecidae |
| Genus: | Colobus |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | C. a. ruwenzorii[1] |
| Trinomial name | |
| Colobus angolensis ruwenzorii[1] Thomas, 1901 | |
Taxonomy
In 1901, Oldfield Thomas described two skins of Ruwenzori colobus zoological specimens that were collected at the northwestern slopes of the Ruwenzori Mountains in Bwamba Country of western Uganda. Thomas considered it a species using the scientific name Colobus ruwenzorii.[3]
Characteristics
Distribution and habitat
The Ruwenzori colobus occurs at Lake Nabugabo and Rwenzori Mountains National Park in Uganda.[4] Troops of 300 to 400 individuals inhabit Rwanda's Nyungwe National Park.[5]
Some authors reports indicate that it perhaps also occurs in some Tanzanian regions.[6]