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title: "Western Red Colobus"
description: "Piliocolobus badius — Ssaki. The western red colobus (Piliocolobus badius), also known as the bay red colobus, rust red colobus or Upper Guinea red colobus, is a species of Old World monkey in West African forests from Senegal to Ghana."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/western-red-colobus
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Western Red Colobus

> Piliocolobus badius — Ssaki. The western red colobus (Piliocolobus badius), also known as the bay red colobus, rust red colobus or Upper Guinea red colobus, is a species of Old World monkey in West African forests from Senegal to Ghana.

- Scientific name: *Piliocolobus badius*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las), `jungle` (Dżungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 339
- iNaturalist taxon: [1368499](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1368499)

## Names

- en: Western Red Colobus
- de: Westafrikanischer Stummelaffe
- es: Colobo Rojo Occidental
- fr: Colobe bai d'Afrique occidentale

## Countries with the most observations

GM (231), SN (42), CI (23), SL (13), GW (11)

## Summary

The western red colobus (Piliocolobus badius), also known as the bay red colobus, rust red colobus or Upper Guinea red colobus, is a species of Old World monkey in West African forests from Senegal to Ghana. All other species of red colobuses have formerly been considered subspecies of P. badius. 
The monkey is a frequent prey of the common chimpanzee. In 1994, western red colobus monkeys infected many chimpanzees with Ebola virus after being hunted and consumed by the chimps.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Scott Loarie · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/11809

## Machine access

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