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Angolan Colobus (Colobus angolensis)CONSERVATION STATUS: LEAST CONCERN
More than any other African monkey, the Angolan colobus is exceptionally adapted to a life lived almost exclusively in the tree canopy. A leaf-loving primate with a body built for tree-hopping acrobatics, this monkey thrives in a variety of forest types...
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Guereza Colobus (Colobus guereza)CONSERVATION STATUS: LEAST CONCERN
Also known as the eastern black-and-white colobus or the magistrate colobus, the guereza colobus monkey (colobus guereza) is an Old World monkey with widespread distribution across central Africa. The species’ range extends in an easterly direction from Nigeria...
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Western Red Colobus (piliocolobus badius)CONSERVATION STATUS: ENDANGERED
The western red colobus is a species of Old World monkey found along the coast of West Africa in the countries of Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. The western red colobus prefers primary or mature old growth forest, but they live in all levels of the...
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White-Thighed Colobus (Colobus vellerosus)CONSERVATION STATUS: VULNERABLE
The white-thighed colobus, also known as Geoffroy’s black-and-white colobus monkey and and the ursine colobus, is one of the world’s 25 most endangered primates and is endemic to West Africa—specifically Benin, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, and Togo. Previously found...
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Zanzibar Red Colobus (PROCOLOBUS KIRKII)CONSERVATION STATUS: ENDANGERED
Red colobuses are Old World monkeys that are part of the subgenus, Piliocolobus, within the genus, Procolobus. The Zanzibar red colobus monkey is indigenous to Unguja – the main African island in Zanzibar, as well as the islands of Uzi and Vundwe...
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