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  2. King colobus - Wikipedia

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    Groups rarely encounter other groups of the same species but when they do, males engage in aggressive displays. Territorial calling is a common form of aggression but can also be a warning to the group of predators. [4] King colobus have been shown to live approximately 23.5 years in captivity and possibly around 30 years in the wild. [4]

  3. Colobinae - Wikipedia

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    The Colobinae or leaf-eating monkeys are a subfamily of the Old World monkey family that includes 61 species in 11 genera, including the black-and-white colobus, the large-nosed proboscis monkey, and the gray langurs.

  4. 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.

  5. 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 ...

  6. List of cercopithecoids - Wikipedia

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    Dusky leaf monkeys (Trachypithecus obscurus). Cercopithecoidea is a superfamily of primates.Members of this family are called cercopithecoids, or Old World monkeys, and include baboons, colobuses, guenons, lutungs, macaques, and other types of monkeys.

  7. List of works by Gerald Durrell - Wikipedia

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    Catch Me a Colobus (Collins, 1972) Beasts in My Belfry (A Bevy of Beasts) (Collins, 1973) The Stationary Ark (Collins, 1976) (mainly non-fictional content) Golden Bats And Pink Pigeons: A Journey to the Flora and Fauna of a Unique Island (Collins, 1977) The Garden of the Gods (Fauna and Family) (Collins, 1978) - third in the Corfu trilogy

  8. Urdu - Wikipedia

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    The name Urdu was first introduced by the poet Ghulam Hamadani Mushafi around 1780. [29] [30] As a literary language, Urdu took shape in courtly, elite settings. [80] [81] While Urdu retained the grammar and core Indo-Aryan vocabulary of the local Indian dialect Khariboli, it adopted the Perso-Arab writing system, written in the Nastaleeq style.

  9. Angola colobus - Wikipedia

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    The Angola colobus (Colobus angolensis), Angolan black-and-white colobus, or Angolan colobus is a primate species of Old World monkey belonging to the genus Colobus. Taxonomy [ edit ]