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their magnificent skin enjoyed lately and even today has been the 

 cause of intensive hunting. A furrier of my acquaintance spoke of 

 having 30,000 skins in stock, collected from various parts of Africa 

 over several years. In view of the animal's restricted habitat, one 

 must admit that the protective decree was not unnecessary." These 

 monkeys are placed in Schedule B of the London Convention of 1933. 



In general habits the Colobus Monkeys are in the main animals 

 of the dense saturate forests; they are not easy to find or shoot 

 and will often show considerable adroitness in hiding. Their food 

 consists largely of leaves, perhaps also lichens, among the hanging 

 festoons of which some of the races live, and probably small forest 

 fruits are also taken. Heller has recorded that in the Lado his party 

 came upon a troop of Colobus among thorn scrub, to which they had 

 come seeking the ripening bean pods, but on being approached they 

 made off over the ground to the nearest high forest. Such foraging 

 excursions must rather seldom be made in the case of the forms 

 which are more strictly high-forest dwellers. Apart from man, their 

 enemies are probably limited to leopards and the big crested eagles, 

 the food of which consists in part of monkeys. 



While there seems to be little evidence that any of the races is 

 at present threatened with extinction, and since the demand for 

 their furs seems to have become less, they will no doubt be favored 

 by a limited permission to shoot specimens. 



G. M. A. 



Red Colobus 



COLOBUS RADIUS (Kerr) and races 



Simia (Cercopithecus) badius Kerr, Anim. Kingdom of Linnaeus, p. 74, 1792. 



(Sierra Leone, based on the Bay Monkey of Pennant.) 

 SYNONYMS and list of valid races: See Schwarz, E., Zeitschr. f. Saugetierkunde, 



vol. 3, pp. 92-97, June, 1928. 

 FIGS.: Elliot, 1913, vol. 3, pis. 5, 6, 14-16 (animal and skulls). 



The Red Colobus Monkeys include no less than 20 recognized 

 races and differ in color from the black-and-white group, in having 

 the fur more or less black and red in varying pattern. Since the 

 fur is not as modified in long fringing patches along the sides, it is 

 not in special demand. Nevertheless one or two of the races are 

 rare or localized and may require special protection for their con- 

 tinued safety. 



G. M. A. 



Gordons 9 Red Colobus 



COLOBUS BADIUS GORDONORUM (Matschie) 



Piliocolobus gordonorum, Matschie, Sitzb. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin, 1900, 

 p. 186. (Uzungwe Mountains, Uhehe, Tanganyika Territory.) 



