the ugandan red colobus is classified as endangered on the iucn red list. it has this listing because the populations are very fragmented and there is no movement of individuals between populations. the species is also classified as endangered because the occurrence of all the populations combined is less than 5,000 km and this area is at risk of being decreased due to habitat loss and degradation that occurs outside protected areas. the ugandan red colobus is also listed as endangered due to there being a decline in numbers, principally due to common chimpanzee predation and habitat loss. hunting of the ugandan red colobus by humans is not common and in kibale, uganda hunting of all primates was stopped in the 1960s.