western red colobus
piliocolobus badius latin

The western red colobus is frequently hunted by the common chimpanzee.

The western red colobus ranks at the top of preferred mammal prey.

The common chimpanzee has a varied diet that includes predation on other primate species, such as the western red colobus monkey.

Western red colobus monkeys live in in West Africa in large groups of up to fifty...

However, the common chimpanzee sometimes bands together and hunts western red colobus monkeys (Piliocolobus badius) for meat.

In 1994, western red colobus monkeys infected many chimpanzees with Ebola virus when they were hunted/eaten by the same chimpanzees.

The source of the virus was believed to be the meat of infected Western Red Colobus monkeys, upon which the chimpanzees preyed.

Primates Bijilo forests have endangered western red colobus monkey, the Calithrix Monkey (Chlorocebus sabaeus).

The western red colobus (Procolobus badius) is a species of Old World monkey found in West African forests from Senegal to Ghana.

Jane Goodall documented many occasions within Gombe Stream National Park of chimpanzees and western red colobus monkeys ignoring each other within close proximity.

Five of the primate species are of global conservation concern: Preuss's monkey, Red-eared guenon, Black colobus, Western red colobus and Drill.

These include the Diana monkey, Campbell's mona monkey, lesser spot-nosed monkey, western red colobus, king colobus and sooty mangabey, which coordinate anti-predator alarm calls.

The red-tailed monkey associates with several species, including the Western red colobus, blue monkey, Wolf's mona monkey, mantled guereza, black crested mangabey and Allen's swamp monkey.

The western red colobus (Procolobus badius) are a common sight in the Kiang West National Park, Bijilo Forest Park and Abuko Nature Reserve.

Some of these attacks are presumed to be due to chimpanzees being intoxicated (from alcohol obtained from rural brewing operations) and mistaking human children for the Western red colobus, one of their favorite meals.

There are 200 species of birds and 50 species of mammals, including African Forest Buffalo, leopard, Campbell's Mona Monkey, Prince Demidoff's Bushbaby, and Western Red Colobus.

The western red colobus frequently is hunted and eaten by larger carnivores, including common chimpanzees (specifically western chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes verus, in the range of P. b. waldronae), leopards, pythons, eagles and humans.

Among the 52 mammal species calling Abuko home are bushbucks, duikers, porcupines, bush babies and ground squirrels as well as three monkey types: green or vervet monkeys, endangered western red colobus monkeys and patas monkeys.

However, the common chimpanzee sometimes bands together and hunts western red colobus monkeys (Piliocolobus badius) for meat.

Miss Waldron's red colobus (Piliocolobus badius waldronae) is a subspecies of the western red colobus native to West Africa.

The last few individuals of Miss Waldron's Red Colobus (Piliocolobus badius waldronae), one of the world's most threatened primates, are believed to live in the forest between the river and Ehy Lagoon.