Tana River red colobus
| Tana River red colobus | |
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| P. rufomitratus in Tana River County, Kenya | |
CITES Appendix I
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Family: | Cercopithecidae |
| Genus: | Piliocolobus |
| Species: | P. rufomitratus
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| Binomial name | |
| Piliocolobus rufomitratus (Peters, 1879)
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The Tana River red colobus (Piliocolobus rufomitratus), also called the eastern red colobus, is a highly endangered species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is endemic to a narrow zone of gallery forest near the Tana River in southeastern Kenya.