Miss Waldron’s Red Colobus
Procolobus badius waldroni (Haymann, 1936)
CR A1c+C2a, D

Of all the West African primates, Miss Waldron’s red colobus may be the closest to extinction, if indeed it still survives. Like all the other western red colobus monkeys, it has suffered significantly from habitat loss and heavy hunting pressure. The type specimen was collected by Willoughby Lowe in western Ghana in 1933 and subsequently named after his traveling companion. Although believed to have occurred historically in both Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, recent surveys in this region have failed to turn up any surviving populations, while at the same time reporting evidence of significant hunting. Some primatologists believe that the last hope for finding a population of Miss Waldron’s red colobus will be in forests surrounding the Ehi Lagune in southeastern Côte d’Ivoire, although a survey there in 2000 failed to turn up any evidence of its presence.