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colobus monkey

  (kŏl'ə-bəs, kə-lō'-) pronunciation
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Any of various large African monkeys of the genus Colobus having a long tail and vestigial thumbs.

[New Latin Colobus, genus name, from Greek kolobos, maimed (from the appearance of its hands).]


 
 

Any of 10 species of long-tailed, essentially thumbless African Old World monkeys in the genus Colobus (family Cercopithecidae). Colobus monkeys are diurnal, generally gregarious vegetarians. They make long leaps from tree to tree. The four species of black-and-white colobus are 22 – 24 in. (55 – 60 cm) long, excluding the 30 – 32-in. (77 – 82-cm) tail. They are slender and have a long, silky coat. The five species of red colobus are brown or black with red markings and are 18 – 24 in. (46 – 60 cm) long, excluding the 16 – 31-in. (40 – 80-cm) tail. The olive colobus has short, olive-coloured fur. Several races of red colobus are considered endangered; other colobus species are vulnerable or rare.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: arboreal monkey of western and central Africa with long silky fur and reduced thumbs
  Synonym: colobus


 
Wikipedia: Black-and-white colobus
Black-and-white colobi
Mantled Guereza (Colobus guereza)
Mantled Guereza (Colobus guereza)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cercopithecidae
Subfamily: Colobinae
Genus: Colobus
Illiger, 1811
Type species
Simia polycomos
Schreber, 1800
(= Cebus polykomos Zimmermann, 1780)
Species

Colobus satanas
Colobus angolensis
Colobus polykomos
Colobus vellerosus
Colobus guereza

Black-and-white colobus are of Old World monkeys of the genus Colobus and are closely related to the red colobus monkeys of genus Piliocolobus. The word "colobus" comes from Greek ekolobóse "he cut short" and is so named because its thumb is a stump.

Genus Colobus

  • Black Colobus, Colobus satanas
    • Gabon Black Colobus, Colobus satanas anthracinus
    • Bioko Black Colobus, Colobus satanas satanas
  • Angola Colobus, Colobus angolensis
    • Colobus angolensis angolensis
    • Colobus angolensis cottoni
    • Adolf Friedrich's Angola Colobus or Ruwenzori Black-and-white Colobus, Colobus angolensis ruwenzorii
    • Colobus angolensis cordieri
    • Prigogine's Angola Colobus, Colobus angolensis prigoginei
    • Peter's Angolan Colobus or Tanzanian Black-and-white Colobus, Colobus angolensis palliatus
  • King Colobus, Colobus polykomos
  • Ursine Colobus, Colobus vellerosus
  • Mantled Guereza, Colobus guereza

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