CreatureData

Pennant's colobus

Piliocolobus pennantii (Waterhouse, 1838)

CRCritically Endangeredprimates

The pennant's colobus (Piliocolobus pennantii) is a species in the family Cercopithecidae, order Primates. Recorded adults weigh 7.25 kg to 10.9 kg and live up to 3.16 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Critically Endangered.

Pennant's colobus (Piliocolobus pennantii)
Photo: Daniel Giraud Elliot, 1835-1915, modified by A. C. Tatarinov · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the pennant's colobus

Weight
7.25 kg – 10.9 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
3.16 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
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
Critically Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the pennant's colobus live?

Not recorded

What is the pennant's colobus?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Pennant's colobus or Pennant's red colobus (Piliocolobus pennantii) is a species of tree-dwelling primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is endemic to tropical Central Africa. Three subspecies have traditionally been recognised but their distribution is peculiarly disjunct and has been considered a biogeographical puzzle, with one population on the island of Bioko (Equatorial Guinea), a second in the Niger River Delta in southern Nigeria, and a third in the east-central Republic of Congo. It is found in rainforests and marshy forests. It is threatened by habitat loss and hunting for bushmeat.

From the Wikipedia article “Pennant's colobus” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pennant%27s_colobus&oldid=1383375815), 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 pennant's colobus endangered?

The pennant's colobus is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces an extremely 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 Critically Endangered species. What the categories mean.

How is the pennant's colobus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderPrimates
  5. familyCercopithecidae
  6. genusPiliocolobus
  7. SpeciesPiliocolobus pennantii (Waterhouse, 1838)

Synonyms Colobus pennantii, Procolobus badius pennantii, Procolobus pennantii, Procolobus pennantii pennantii

Other names and names in other languages (22)
  • Bioko red colobusEnglish
  • Bioko red colobusEnglish
  • Pennant s red colobusEnglish
  • Pennant's red colobusEnglish
  • Pennant's red colobusEnglish
  • Pennant’s red colobusEnglish
  • Pennant’s red colobusEnglish
  • كولبس أحمر بنانتيArabic
  • gueréza PennantovaCzech
  • Pennant-StummelaffeGerman
  • Colobo de PennantSpanish
  • Colobo Rojo de BiokoSpanish
  • Colobo Rojo de la Isla de BiokoSpanish
  • kongonruostegueretsaFinnish
  • Colobe de PennantFrench
  • Colobe bai de PennantFrench
  • ペナントアカコロブスJapanese
  • PennantkolobusNorwegian Bokmål
  • Pennant's Rode FranjeaapDutch
  • gerezanka równikowaPolish
  • Colobo-Vermelho-de-BiokoPortuguese
  • Гвинейский колобусRussian

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the pennant's colobus

Other species in the same genus Piliocolobus.

ComparePennant's colobus vs Zanzibar red colobusPennant's colobus vs Western red colobusPennant's colobus vs Tana river red colobusPennant's colobus vs Udzungwa red colobus

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the pennant's colobus?

An adult pennant's colobus weighs 7.25 kg – 10.9 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the pennant's colobus endangered?

The pennant's colobus is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

How long does the pennant's colobus live?

The pennant's colobus has a recorded lifespan of 3.16 years.

How long is the pennant's colobus pregnant?

The recorded gestation period is 161 days.

What kind of animal is the pennant's colobus?

The pennant's colobus (Piliocolobus pennantii) belongs to the family Cercopithecidae in the order Primates.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

Embed a card for this animal on your own site

Copy this code. The card shows the photo with its credit, key facts and a link back to this page.

Preview the card

APA

CreatureData. (2026). Pennant's colobus (Piliocolobus pennantii). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pennants-colobus

MLA

“Pennant's colobus (Piliocolobus pennantii).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/pennants-colobus.

BibTeX
@misc{pennants_colobus_2026,
  title = {Pennant's colobus (Piliocolobus pennantii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pennants-colobus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}