Lomami red colobus

The Lomami red colobus (Piliocolobus parmentieri) is a species of red colobus monkey from central Africa. Historically, it had been treated as a subspecies of the Central African red colobus (P. foai),^[3] but more recent taxonomies generally treat it as a separate species.^[4][5][2]

Lomami red colobus
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	Cercopithecidae
Genus:	Piliocolobus
Species:	P. parmentieri
Binomial name
Piliocolobus parmentieri (Colyn & Verheyen, 1987)
Distribution of the Lomami red colobus within the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Synonyms[2]
Piliocolobus foai parmentierorum

The Lomani red colobus has a limited range in lowland tropical rainforest between the Lomani River and the Lualaba River in central Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[4] Its range extends as far south as the Ruiki River and the Lutanga River.^[4] It eats leaves, fruit, flowers, buds and possibly seeds.^[4][2] Males weigh about 9 kg (20 lb), and females weigh about 7.5 kg (17 lb).^[4][2]