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title: "Ashy Red Colobus"
description: "Piliocolobus tephrosceles — Mammiferi. The Ugandan red colobus (Piliocolobus tephrosceles) or ashy red colobus is an endangered species of red colobus monkey, recognised as a distinct species since 2001."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/ashy-red-colobus
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Ashy Red Colobus

> Piliocolobus tephrosceles — Mammiferi. The Ugandan red colobus (Piliocolobus tephrosceles) or ashy red colobus is an endangered species of red colobus monkey, recognised as a distinct species since 2001.

- Scientific name: *Piliocolobus tephrosceles*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 370
- Wikidata: [Q1367324](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1367324)
- iNaturalist taxon: [502997](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/502997)

## Names

- en: Ashy Red Colobus
- de: Uganda-Stummelaffe
- es: Colobo rojo ugandés
- fr: Colobe bai d'Ouganda
- nl: Ugandan red colobus

## Countries with the most observations

UG (329), TZ (28)

## Summary

The Ugandan red colobus (Piliocolobus tephrosceles) or ashy red colobus is an endangered species of red colobus monkey, recognised as a distinct species since 2001. There is disagreement however over taxonomy with many considering the Ugandan red colobus to be a subspecies (Procolobus rufomitratus tephrosceles). The Ugandan red colobus is an Old World monkey which is found in five locations across Uganda and Tanzania.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugandan_red_colobus

## Photo

![Ashy Red Colobus](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/ashy-red-colobus/medium.jpg)

Photo: Tapani Hopkins · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144416132

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/ashy-red-colobus?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).