An annotated catalog of the African primate genera Colobus and Procolobus (Cercopithecidae, Colobinae) in the collections of the American Museum of Natural History

Title Variants

Alternative: Catalog of Colobus and Procolobus

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 3399

By

American Museum of Natural History

O'Leary, Ruth, 1973-
Lang, Herbert, 1879-1957
Chapin, James P. (James Paul), 1889-1964
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Mammalogy.
American Museum Congo Expedition 1909-1915

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, NY American Museum of Natural History c2003

Notes

Caption title.

"March 27, 2003."

"Herbert Lang and James P. Chapin collected the majority of the red colobus and over half of the black-and-white colobus during the American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915) ... these specimens were collected from the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, near Faradje"--Introduction.

The Department of Mammalogy of the American Museum of Natural History houses over 300 specimens of African colobus monkeys (genera Colobus and Procolobus). The collection consists of red, olive, and black-and-white colobus (Procolobus badius, P. verus, Colobus angolensis, C. guereza, C. polykomos, C. satanas, and C. vellerosus). Taxonomic notes, pelage descriptions, and range are noted for each species and subspecies. For each specimen, the following data are given: catalog number, date collected or recorded, sex, age, nature of specimen, locality, name of collector, and measurements.

Subjects

Africa , American Museum of Natural History , Catalogs , Catalogs and collections , Colobus , Congo (Democratic Republic) , Mammals , Monkeys , New York , New York (State) , Primates

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3399 2003

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0082(2003)399<0001:AACOTA>2.0.CO;2
OCLC: 51960072