NE.Angola, S.Zaire, E.Zaire, Rwanda, Burundi, NE.Zambia, SE.Kenya, E.Tanzania. See [About maps]
Colobus angolensis Sclater, 1860; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1860: 245, TL: Angola, 300 mi inland from Bembe
Nigeria - Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania. See [About maps]
Colobus guereza Ruppell, 1835; Neue Wirbelt. Fauna Abyssin. Gehorig. Saugeth. 1: 1, TL: Ethiopia, Gojjam and Kulla
Gambia - Benin, Nigeria. See [About maps]
polykomos (Zimmermann, 1780); Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere, 2: 202, TL: Sierra Leone
SW.Gabon, Equatorial Guinea (Rio Muni), SW.Cameroun, Bioko. See [About maps]
Colobus satanas Waterhouse, 1838; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1837: 87, TL: Equatorial Guinea, Bioko
Senegal - Ghana. See [About maps]
badius (Kerr, 1792); Anim. Kingdom: 74, TL: Sierra Leone
Congo Republic, Bioko, Zaire, W.Uganda, W.Tanzania, SE.Tanzania, Zanzibar. See [About maps]
Colobus pennantii Waterhouse, 1838; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1837: 57, TL: Equatorial Guinea, Bioko
Cameroun (Yabassi). See [About maps]
preussi (Matschie, 1900); Sitzb. Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berlin, 1900: 183, TL: Cameroun, Barombi (on Elephant Lake)
Kenya (Lower Tana River). See [About maps]
Colobus rufomitratus Peters, 1879; Monatsb. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin: 829, TL: Kenya, Tana River, Muniuni
Sierra Leone - Togo, E.Nigeria (Idah). See [About maps]
Colobus verus Van Beneden, 1838; Bull. Acad. Sci. Belles-Letters Bruxelles, 5: 347, TL: Africa18.10.2001 (9)
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