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The Lomami red colobus (''Piliocolobus parmentieri'') is a type of
red colobus Red colobuses are Old World monkeys of the genus ''Piliocolobus''. It was formerly considered a subgenus within the genus '' Procolobus'', which is now restricted to the olive colobus. They are closely related to the black-and-white colobus monke ...
monkey from central Africa. Historically it had been treated as a subspecies of the
Central African red colobus Central African red colobus is the traditional name for several species of red colobus monkey that had formerly been considered a single species, ''Piliocolobus foai''. Central African red colobus monkeys are found in humid forests in the Democr ...
, (''P. foai'') but more recent taxonomies generally treat it as a separate species. The Lomani red colobus has a limited range in lowland
tropical rainforest Tropical rainforests are rainforests that occur in areas of tropical rainforest climate in which there is no dry season – all months have an average precipitation of at least 60 mm – and may also be referred to as ''lowland equatori ...
between the Lomani River and the
Lualaba River The Lualaba River flows entirely within the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. It provides the greatest streamflow to the Congo River, while the source of the Congo is recognized as the Chambeshi. The Lualaba is long. Its headwaters are in ...
in central
Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...
. Its range extends as far south as the Ruiki River and the Lutanga River. It eats leaves, fruit, flowers, buds and possibly seeds. Males weigh about and females weigh about .


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{{Taxonbar, from=Q22675171 Piliocolobus Primates of Africa Mammals described in 1987 Mammals of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Endemic fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo