Colobus flandrini is an extinct species of colobus monkey that lived in Africa (Algeria) during the Miocene around 10 million years ago.[1][2]
| Colobus flandrini Temporal range: Late Miocene
| |
|---|---|
Scientific 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 | |
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 edit
- ^ Cowlishaw, Guy (2000). Primate Conservation Biology. University of Chicago Press. pp. 26–27. ISBN 9780226116365.
- ^ Birx, H. James (2010). 21st Century Anthropology: A Reference Handbook - Volume 1. SAGE Publications. p. 548.
- ^ a b Fleagle, John G. (2013). Primate Adaptation and Evolution. Elsevier Science. p. 353. ISBN 9781483288505.
- ^ Haile-Selassie, Yohannes (2009). Ardipithecus Kadabba: Late Miocene Evidence from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia. University of California Press. p. 156. ISBN 9780520254404.