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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 mantled colobus, eastern black-and-white colobus, Abyssinian colobus, magistrate colobus, and a several other variations on the common name, guereza colobus monkeys are Old World monkeys with widespread distribution across Central...
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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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Red Colobus Monkeys
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aSHY Red Colobus (piliocolobus TEPHROSCELES)CONSERVATION STATUS: ENDANGERED
The ashy red colobus, also known as the Ugandan red colobus, lives in the jungles of western Uganda and western Tanzania along the eastern border of the Great Rift Valley. There are only about 20,000 ashy red colobus alive today. Their population is severely fragmented...
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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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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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