Zanzibar Red Colobus Monkey Tom Struhsaker, IUCN

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Scientific Name:
Procolobus kirkii

Other Names and/or Listed subspecies:
Kirk's Red Colobus, Colobus pennantii, Colobus kirki kirki, Procolobus kirki kirki, Procolobus pennantii kirki (US FWS)

Group: Mammals

Status/Date Listed as Endangered:
EN-IUCN: 2008

EN-US FWS: June 2, 1970

Area(s) Where Listed As Endangered:
Tanzania

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