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Foa's red colobus

Piliocolobus foai (de Pousargues, 1899)

ENEndangeredprimates

The foa's red colobus (Piliocolobus foai) is a species in the family Cercopithecidae, order Primates. Recorded adults weigh 6.65 kg to 8.17 kg and live up to 2.58 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Endangered.

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Quick facts about the foa's red colobus

Weight
6.65 kg – 8.17 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
2.58 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
3.16 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Gestation
161 dayssrc for Gestation
Young per litter or clutch
1src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
4.06 yearssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
0.5src for Litters or clutches a year
Active
By day (diurnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Arborealsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the foa's red colobus live?

Not recorded

What is the foa's red colobus?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Foa's red colobus (Piliocolobus foai) or the Central African red colobus, is a species of red colobus monkey found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

From the Wikipedia article “Foa's red colobus” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Foa%27s_red_colobus&oldid=1361571010), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the foa's red colobus endangered?

The foa's red colobus is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Endangered species. What the categories mean.

How is the foa's red colobus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderPrimates
  5. familyCercopithecidae
  6. genusPiliocolobus
  7. SpeciesPiliocolobus foai (de Pousargues, 1899)

Synonyms Colobolus multicolor, Colobus ellioti, Colobus foai, Colobus graueri, Colobus langi, Colobus multicolor, Colobus variabilis, Piliocolobus anzeliusi, Piliocolobus ellioti melanochir, Piliocolobus foai ellioti, Piliocolobus foai foai, Piliocolobus kabambarei, Piliocolobus rufomitratus foai, Procolobus badius foai, Procolobus foai, Procolobus rufomitratus foai

Other names and names in other languages (14)
  • Central African red colobusEnglish
  • Kivu red colobusEnglish
  • Lulindi river red colobusEnglish
  • Ulindi river red colobusEnglish
  • كولبس كيفوArabic
  • كولبس أفريقيا الوسطىArabic
  • gueréza středoafrickáCzech
  • Luvua-StummelaffeGerman
  • Ulindi-StummelaffeGerman
  • Colobo Rojo del OurouaSpanish
  • Colobe de FoaFrench
  • チュウオウアフリカアカコロブスJapanese
  • チュウオウアフリカコロブスJapanese
  • gerezanka środkowoafrykańskaPolish

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the foa's red colobus

Other species in the same genus Piliocolobus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the foa's red colobus?

An adult foa's red colobus weighs 6.65 kg – 8.17 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the foa's red colobus endangered?

The foa's red colobus is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

How long does the foa's red colobus live?

The foa's red colobus has a recorded lifespan of 2.58 years.

How long is the foa's red colobus pregnant?

The recorded gestation period is 161 days.

What kind of animal is the foa's red colobus?

The foa's red colobus (Piliocolobus foai) belongs to the family Cercopithecidae in the order Primates.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Foa's red colobus (Piliocolobus foai). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/foas-red-colobus

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BibTeX
@misc{foas_red_colobus_2026,
  title = {Foa's red colobus (Piliocolobus foai)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/foas-red-colobus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}