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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.
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 ...
The 158 extant species of Cercopithecidae are divided into two subfamilies: Cercopithecinae, containing 78 baboon, guenon, macaque, and other monkey species divided between thirteen genera, and Colobinae, containing 80 colobus, lutung, and other monkey species divided between ten genera. Dozens of extinct prehistoric cercopithecoid species have ...
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. Some classifications split the colobine monkeys into two tribes, while
At the Santa Ana Zoo’s Monkey Row, a crested capuchin named Mateo rattled his cage, looking for attention. Nearby, spider monkeys glided through a canopy of ropes, and a black-and-white colobus ...
Pennant's red colobus monkeys have been little studied but their diet is likely to be similar to that of other red colobus monkeys and consist mainly of fresh leaves supplemented by flowers, fruit and seeds. They have specialist teeth that can macerate leaves and break up tough but pliant unripe fruit and the seeds embedded in the flesh.
The Angola colobus has a head-body length of 50 to 70 cm, with the males usually being larger than females. The tail is about 75 cm long, and the body weight varies between 9 and 20 kg. Distribution and habitat
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 ]