the ugandan red colobus is found only in africa. it has a distribution spanning 1000 km of east africa but populations are only found in 5 separate forested areas. these areas are in west tanzania at the edge of lake victoria, in gombe and mahale mountains at the edge of lake tanganyika, on the ufipa plateau and in west uganda in kibale national park. the ugandan population is the largest and it has been suggested that this is the only viable population with around 17,000 individuals. it is possible, though yet to be verified, that the ugandan red colobus might also be located in rwanda, burundi and the eastern democratic republic of the congo.