Discovery of red colobus monkeys (Procolobus badius) in the Niger Delta with the description of a new and geographically isolated subspecies

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 248, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-73

  Grubb, Peter ^a   Powell, C B ^b  

^a Rivers Stt Univ of Sci and T ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

New subspecies; Niger Delta; Procolobus badius epieni; Red colobus monkeys; Zoogeography

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; HABITAT USE; NEW RECORD; PRIMATE;

NIGER;

PROCOLOBUS BADIUS;

EID: 0033136078     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836999005075     Document Type: Article

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