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An Argentine black and white tegu (Salvator merianae). Tegu is a common name of a number of species of lizards that belong to the families Teiidae and Gymnophthalmidae. Tegus are native to Central and South America. They occupy a variety of habitats and are known for their large size and predatory habits. [1]
The coloring of a "blue" tegu can range from a simple black and white color, to albino, to powder blue, to even 'platinum' (which is basically a high white color morph). The distinct colouration does not tend to appear until the animal reaches sexual maturity, around the age of 18 months or it reaches 2 feet (61 cm) or more in size.
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.
The black-and-white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata) is an endangered species of ruffed lemur, one of two which are endemic to the island of Madagascar. Despite having a larger range than the red ruffed lemur , it has a much smaller population that is spread out, living in lower population densities and reproductively isolated .
Black-and-white snub-nosed monkeys. The black-and-white snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti), [3] [4] also known as the Yunnan snub-nosed monkey, [5] is a large black and white primate that lives only in the southern Chinese province of Yunnan, [6] where it is known to the locals as the Yunnan golden hair monkey (Chinese: 滇金丝猴) and the black-and-white snub-nosed monkey ...
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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 ...
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