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Black-and-white colobus
Colobus

Colobus angolensis

Species: Colobus angolensis
Photo: Luiz Claudio Marigo

TAXONOMY

Suborder	Haplorrhini
Infraorder	Simiiformes
Superfamily	Cercopithecoidea
Family	Cercopithecidae
Subfamily	Colobinae
Genus	Colobus
Species	Colobus angolensis (Angola colobus) Colobus guereza (guereza) Colobus polykomos (king colobus) Colobus satanas (black colobus) Colobus vellerosus (ursine colobus)

COUNTRIES IN RANGE

Angola, Benin, Burundi, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia

FACTSHEETS

Colobus angolensis

Colobus guereza

Animal Diversity Web
Apus (in Russian)
BBC online Nature Wild Animals Wild Facts
Damisela (in Spanish)
Dublin Zoo
Hogle Zoo
Lincoln Park Zoo
Minnesota Zoo
Oregon Zoo
St. Louis Zoo
Who Zoo
Woodland Park Zoo
World Association of Zoos and Aquariums

Colobus polykomos

Animal Diversity Web
Damisela (in Spanish)

Colobus satanas

Bioko
Damisela (in Spanish)

Colobus vellerosus

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