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Colobus flandrini

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Colobus flandrini
Temporal range: Late Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Colobus
Species:
C. flandrini
Binomial name
Colobus flandrini
Delson, 1973
Synonyms

Macaca flandrini

Colobus flandrini is an extinct species of colobus monkey that lived in Africa (Algeria) during the Miocene around 10 million years ago.[1][2]

It is the oldest known colobus monkey and is one of only two extinct species of true colobus monkey described so far, the other species being Colobus freedmani.[3] C. flandrini was larger than its living relatives, estimated at 21 kg (46 lb) in weight.[3]

Fossils of C. flandrini were originally assigned to Macaca by Arambourg before being assigned their current placement by Delson (1973).[4]

References

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  1. ^ Cowlishaw, Guy (2000). Primate Conservation Biology. University of Chicago Press. pp. 26–27. ISBN 9780226116365.
  2. ^ Birx, H. James (2010). 21st Century Anthropology: A Reference Handbook - Volume 1. SAGE Publications. p. 548.
  3. ^ a b Fleagle, John G. (2013). Primate Adaptation and Evolution. Elsevier Science. p. 353. ISBN 9781483288505.
  4. ^ Haile-Selassie, Yohannes (2009). Ardipithecus Kadabba: Late Miocene Evidence from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia. University of California Press. p. 156. ISBN 9780520254404.