Colobus polykomos (Zimmermann, 1780) . Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere, 2:202.

TYPE LOCALITY: Sierra Leone .

DISTRIBUTION: Gambia to Benin; Nigeria.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

SYNONYMS: bicolor, comosa, dollmani, leucomeros, regalis, tetradactyla, ursinus, vellerosus .

COMMENTS: Oates and Trocco (1983) classified vellerosus as a distinct species.