Description Piliocolobus badius
English: Western Red Colobus
Deutsch: Westafrikanische Stummelaffe
Date 13 July 2007
Source Own work
Author Atamari https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Atamari
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Piliocolobus_badius_0004.jpg

The western red colobus (Procolobus badius) is a species of Old World monkey found in West African forests from Senegal to Ghana. All other species of red colobuses have formerly been considered subspecies of P. badius. It is often hunted by the common chimpanzee. In 1994, western red colobus monkeys infected many chimpanzees with Ebola virus when they were hunted and eaten by the chimpanzees. Order: Primates, Family: Cercopithecidae.