Colobus
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Colobus guereza Colobus satanas Colobus angolensis Colobus vellerosus Colobus polykomos |
The colobus monkey is an Old World monkey of the family Cercopithecidae. The word comes from Greek ekolobÃÂóse "he cut short" and is so named because its thumb is a stump.
Colobi are generally black and white. Some look a lot like skunks from the side.
- Colobus guereza - Abyssinian Black-and-white Colobus Monkey
- Colobus satanas - Black Colobus Monkey
- Colobus angolensis - Angolan Black-and-white Colobus Monkey
- Colobus vellerosus - Geoffroy's Black-and-white Colobus Monkey
- Colobus polykomos - Western Black-and-white Colobus Monkey