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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 ...
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日本語: アビシニアコロブス 英名: Abyssinian Black-and-white Colobus 学名: Colobus guereza English: Abyssinian black-and-white colobus (Colobus guereza) in a zoo. Also known as the mantled guereza, the guereza, or the eastern black-and-white colobus.
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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 .
Black-and-white colobus have complex sleeping patterns. They sleep in trees near a food source, which may serve to save energy. [ 4 ] Groups seem to regularly switch up sleeping locations (suggested due to reducing risk of parasites and placement prediction) and generally do not sleep near other groups.
Colobus angolensis (P. Sclater, 1860) - Angola colobus Colobus guereza (Rüppell, 1835) - mantled guereza Colobus vellerosus (I. Geoffroy, 1834) - white-thighed colobus
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.