KIKUYU COLOBUS (or Black and White)
Classification: Mammalia - Primates - Anthropoidea - Cercopithicidae
Habitat: Old World monkey found in the forested areas in central Africa from eastern Nigeria to eastern Ethiopia
Description: "colobus" derived from Greek word meaning "docked" or "mutilated" referring to absent or nearly absent thumb, black bodies trimmed with long white mantles, spectacular tails are white with plumes at the end, short white hair surrounding the face and a black crown of erect hairs on top of the head, nose overhangs the upper lip, thumbs are absent, hook-like hands aid in rapid semi-brachiation, ischial callosities are separated in the female and close together in the male, females are smaller than males
Adaptations: sacculated stomach which is greatly enlarged and divided into 3 parts folder upon one another to allow leafy material to pass slowly through the system and release nutrients, enlarged salivary glands also aid in the digestion of leaves and plant parts
Behavior: well defined territories, male marks his territory vocally with snorts and roars, male dominated groups are highly cohesive with interactions between groups very rare, bachelor males are solitary, spend most of their time in trees, move mostly quadrupedally along branches, semi-brachiation also fairly common
Diet: principally on younger leaves, may also consume some mature leaves, digestion of cellulose found in leaves release water so they don't need to travel very often or far for a drink
Status: lower risk but threatened by loss of habitat to timber and agriculture production
It should be of the subfamily Colobinae and family, Cercopithecidae.
The Colobus monkey has an intermembral index in the 50-105 range. I've seen a couple of sources stating the number is in the high 70s. Also: Kikuyu is not the most common name of the colobus monkey (Colobus guereza). It is more commonly referred to as the black and white colobus or abyssinian colobus.
Colobus monkeys eat leaves, branches, and bamboo.
Colobus monkeys eat leaves, branches, and bamboo.
Colobus Colobi
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Not all monkeys are orange. for instance a baboon is grey and a colobus monkey is black and white.
10.6 pounds a day
Colobus monkeys eat leaves, branches, and bamboo.
Two types of black and white colobus monkeys are found in Kenya those that inhabit coastal forests and those in inland high-country areas. Red colobus monkeys are also found in East Africa, but are quite rare. Two other types of colubus monkeys in Africa are the black and the olive. The colobus lives in all types of closed forests, including montane and gallery forests. Bamboo stands are also popular dwelling spots for the colobus.