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  2. Black-and-white colobus - Wikipedia

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    Black-and-white colobuses (or colobi) are Old World monkeys of the genus Colobus, native to Africa. They are closely related to the red colobus monkeys of genus Piliocolobus. [1] There are five species of this monkey, and at least eight subspecies. [1] They are generally found in high-density forests where they forage on leaves, flowers and fruit.

  3. Ruwenzori colobus - Wikipedia

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    The Ruwenzori colobus (Colobus angolensis ruwenzorii), also known as Ruwenzori black-and-white colobus, is a subspecies of the Angola colobus. [1] This primate is distributed from the Afromontane forests of the Ruwenzori Mountains across the mountains in Burundi and Rwanda to the northern shore of Lake Tanganyika .

  4. Mantled guereza - Wikipedia

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    The mantled guereza has many alternative common names including the guereza, the eastern black-and-white colobus, the magistrate colobus, [2] or the Abyssinian black-and-white colobus. [4] The name "mantled" refers to its mantle, the long silky white fringes of hair that run along its body and "guereza" is the native name of the monkey in ...

  5. Black colobus - Wikipedia

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    The black colobus (Colobus satanas), or satanic black colobus, is a species of Old World monkey belonging to the genus Colobus. The species is found in a small area of western central Africa . Black colobuses are large, completely covered with black fur, and like all other Colobus monkeys, do not have a thumb. [ 3 ]

  6. Ursine colobus - Wikipedia

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    The ursine colobus is quite distinctive, with predominantly black fur and lacking a white mantle. They have a black and naked face which is surrounded by a thick white halo of fur. The ursine colobus is further characterized by white patches on the thighs which vary in width and length. Like other species of colobus, the babies are born with an ...

  7. Angola colobus - Wikipedia

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    The long, thin tail can be either black or white, but the tip is always white. There is a significant regional variation in the total amount of white on the body and the length of the fur. Animals that live in the mountains have longer, thicker fur than animals from the lowlands to protect them against the cold.

  8. East Javan langur - Wikipedia

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    The East Javan langur (Trachypithecus auratus), also known as the ebony lutung, Javan langur or Javan lutung, is an Old World monkey from the Colobinae subfamily. It is most commonly glossy black with a brownish tinge to its legs, sides, and "sideburns". [3] It is found on the island of Java, as well as on several of the surrounding Indonesian ...

  9. Colobini - Wikipedia

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    Colobini is a tribe of Old World monkeys that includes all of the black-and-white colobus, red colobus, and olive colobus ... (leaf monkey) group; Odd-nosed group;