Oustalet's Red Colobus
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Oustalet's red colobus (''Piliocolobus oustaleti'') is a species 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 mon ...
monkey. It lives in various types of forest in southern
South Sudan South Sudan (), officially the Republic of South Sudan, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the north by Sudan; on the east by Ethiopia; on the south by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Kenya; and on the ...
, southern
Central African Republic The Central African Republic (CAR) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to Central African Republic–Chad border, the north, Sudan to Central African Republic–Sudan border, the northeast, South Sudan to Central ...
, northern
Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neighbouring Republic of the Congo), is a country in Central Africa. By land area, it is t ...
and northeastern
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. It eats leaves, fruit, flowers, buds and possibly seeds. Males have a head and body length of between with a tail length of between . Females have a head and body length of between with a tail length of between . Males weigh about and females weigh about .


References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q22675194 Piliocolobus Primates of Africa Mammals described in 1906 Taxa named by Édouard Louis Trouessart Mammals of South Sudan Mammals of the Central African Republic Mammals of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Mammals of the Republic of the Congo