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.
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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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| Colobus guereza Rüppell, 1835
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| Mantled guereza range | |
Colobus monkeys are vegetarian. They have a three-chambered stomach to help digest leaves.
Eastern Black-and-white Colobus Media
Distribution map of subspecies of Mantled guereza
A skull at the Museum Wiesbaden in Wiesbaden, Germany
Mantled guerezas are arboreal and*prefer secondary forests.
The diet of the mantled guereza is predominantly leaves, often of only a few tree species.
Social grooming or allogrooming mainly occurs between females and is an important social interaction in mantled guereza groups.
Two Mantled guereza in a Japanese zoo.
Infants are born with white fur and are always carried during the first months of their life.
The mantled guereza is hunted for its skin and meat.
C. g. occidentalisAt the Semliki Wildlife Reserve in Uganda
C. g. occidentalis with juvenileAt the Semliki Wildlife Reserve in Uganda
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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