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A fact from Bouvier's red colobus appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 May 2015 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Bouvier's red colobus, a species of monkey last seen in the 1970s and thought possibly to be extinct, was rediscovered in the Republic of the Congo in 2015?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2015/May. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bouvier's red colobus.

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Species or subspecies?[edit]

See Pennant's colobus - Bouvier's is still described as a subspecies of Procolobus pennantii there. What is the current state of things then? - Once that is established, these two articles will have to be brought into parallel and linked up. --Elmidae (talk) 08:40, 18 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The two articles are in agreement. From Pennant's colobus: "Three subspecies of this red colobus are traditionally recognized... However, Groves (2007) raised P. p. epieni, and P. p. bouvieri to P. epieni and P. bouvieri, respectively." Since no one has challenged his assessment since, it is cosnidered the current understanding. --ThaddeusB (talk) 22:22, 18 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

OK, then the various mentions of P. p. (subspecies) in the other paragraphs of Pennant's colobus need to be adjusted (particularly for the mentions of Bouvier's rediscovery), preferably before this goes out to DYK (if so). I'll see to it later today. --Elmidae (talk) 11:02, 19 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I have now tried to create a consistent usage across this article, Pennant's colobus and Niger Delta red colobus (i.e. bouvieri and epieni treated as separate species in a genus Piliocolobus, following Groves 2007).-- Elmidae (talk) 15:18, 19 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Great, thanks for doing so. --ThaddeusB (talk) 20:59, 19 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]