Kirk’s red colobus  (Piliocolobus kirkii)

Description

Kirk’s red colobus is a relatively small member of the group of leaf-eating monkeys known as ‘colobines’, subfamily Colobinae (2). This attractive monkey has a dark red to black coat above, with a paler underside and distinctive pink lips and nose (4). The black face is framed by a crown of long white hairs (4), and the body terminates in a long tail used in balancing (2). This species is named after Sir John Kirk, the British Resident to Zanzibar who first identified this attractive dweller of the island (5).

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