Eastern black-and-white colobus
The eastern black-and-white colobus monkey, or mantled gueraza (Colobus guereza) is a species of monkey.[3] It can be as big as over 2 ft (0.61 m) long (excluding tail) and up to 30 lb (14 kg). In the wild, they live about 20 years.
| Mantled guereza[1] | |
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| File:Mantelaffe-mit-Baby-Zoo-Muenster.jpg | |
| With baby at Münster Zoo | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | Cercopithecidae |
| Genus: | Colobus |
| Species: | C. guereza
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| Binomial name | |
| Colobus guereza Rüppell, 1835
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| File:Mantled Guereza area.png | |
| Mantled guereza range | |
Colobus monkeys are vegetarian. They have a three-chambered stomach to help digest leaves.
Eastern Black-and-white Colobus Media
- Colobus guereza map.svg
Distribution map of subspecies of Mantled guereza
- Colobus guereza 3d scan Natural History Museum University of Pisa C 1765.stl
Skeleton of Mantled guereza, Colobus guereza Rüppell, 1835, 3D model
A skull at the Museum Wiesbaden in Wiesbaden, Germany
- Colobuses in Murchison Falls National Park.JPG
Mantled guerezas are arboreal and*prefer secondary forests.
- Black-and-white Colubus.jpg
The diet of the mantled guereza is predominantly leaves, often of only a few tree species.
- Colobus guereza Mantelaffen.JPG
Social grooming or allogrooming mainly occurs between females and is an important social interaction in mantled guereza groups.
- Colobus guereza-2010.ogv
Two Mantled guereza in a Japanese zoo.
- 2011 Colobus guereza cropped2.jpg
Infants are born with white fur and are always carried during the first months of their life.
- Colobus Guereza fur skin.jpg
The mantled guereza is hunted for its skin and meat.
- Eastern black-and-white colobus (Colobus guereza occidentalis).jpg
C. g. occidentalisAt the Semliki Wildlife Reserve in Uganda
References
- ↑ Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds) (ed.). Mammal Species of the World (3rd edition ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 168. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
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- ↑ Groves, Colin; Wilson D.E. and Reeder D.M. (eds) 2005. Mammal species of the world. 3rd ed, Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 151-152. ISBN 0-801-88221-4
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