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The mantled guereza has many alternative common names including the guereza, the eastern black-and-white colobus, the magistrate colobus, [2] or the Abyssinian black-and-white colobus. [4] The name "mantled" refers to its mantle, the long silky white fringes of hair that run along its body and "guereza" is the native name of the monkey in ...
Black-and-white colobuses (or colobi) are Old World monkeys of the genus Colobus, native to Africa. They are closely related to the red colobus monkeys of genus Piliocolobus . [ 1 ] There are five species of this monkey, and at least eight subspecies. [ 1 ]
Colobus angolensis (P. Sclater, 1860) - Angola colobus Colobus guereza (Rüppell, 1835) - mantled guereza Colobus vellerosus (I. Geoffroy, 1834) - white-thighed colobus
Blue monkey Mantled guereza. ... Angola colobus, Colobus angolensis LR/lc; Mantled guereza, Colobus guereza LR/lc; Superfamily: Hominoidea. Family: Hominidae (great apes)
Mantled guereza, Colobus guereza LR/lc; Order: Rodentia (rodents) Naked mole rat Typical striped grass mouse Giant mole-rat. Rodents make up the largest order of ...
Genus: Colobus. Mantled guereza, Colobus guereza LR/lc; Order: Rodentia (rodents) Rodents make up the largest order of mammals, with over 40% of mammalian species.
Colobus guereza (Mantled Guereza) Least Concern ( IUCN 3.1 ) | Least Concern The mantled guereza ( Colobus guereza ), also known simply as the guereza , the eastern black-and-white colobus , or the Abyssinian black-and-white colobus , is a black-and-white colobus , a type of Old World monkey .
The mantled guereza (Colobus guereza) is a species of Old World monkey native to much of western central and eastern Africa. Although its colouring is somewhat variable across its range, it has a distinctive pelage which is mostly black, with a white facial disc and long white fringes of silky hair along the sides of its body.