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	BLACK-and-WHITE COLOBUS MONKEY
		The fl-and-white colobus monkey is recognized for its distinctive fur, especially the long white hair which hangs from its shoulders and at the end of its tail.
		Colobus monkeys have communal marriages, which means that the male mates with any of the females in the troop.
		Colobus monkeys are not considered threatened, but like most primates, as their habitat is destroyed and they are hunted, they will be in more danger.
	courses.dsu.edu /lt726/classmates/Primates/contents/page7.htm (824 words)

	BLACK-and-WHITE COLOBUS MONKEY
		The fl-and-white colobus monkey is recognized for its distinctive fur, especially the long white hair which hangs from its shoulders and at the end of its tail.
		Colobus monkeys have communal marriages, which means that the male mates with any of the females in the troop.
		Colobus monkeys are not considered threatened, but like most primates, as their habitat is destroyed and they are hunted, they will be in more danger.
	www.courses.dsu.edu /lt726/classmates/Primates/contents/page7.htm (824 words)

	Angolan Black and White Colobus
		As are all Colobus, the Angolan Colobus monkey is diurnal, they have flattened nails, pads on their buttocks, and their hind legs are longer than their fore limbs.
		Colobus eat mostly leaves (and some fruits and flowers), have no cheek pouches, are arboreal (live in the tree canopy and rarely come down to the ground) and have a light-weight bone structure and elongated limbs - making it easier to leap from branch to branch.
		Some species of Colobus are known to eat soil, clay and charcoal which is thought to assist in the digestion of toxic leaves.
	www.colobustrust.org /colobus.html (791 words)

	Black-and-white colobus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Black-and-white colobus are the Old World monkeys which bear a striking resemblance to skunks.
		They are of the genus Colobus and are closely related to the red colobus monkeys of genus Piliocolobus.
		The word "colobus" comes from Greek ekolobóse "he cut short" and is so named because its thumb is a stump.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Colobus (78 words)

	ADW: Colobus angolensis: Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Colobus monkeys are medium-sized, arboreal monkeys with slender bodies and long tails.
		Young Colobus monkeys are cared for by their mothers and by other members of the social group.
		Angolan colobus monkeys are not considered endangered and may be fairly abundant in parts of their range.
	animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu /site/accounts/information/Colobus_angolensis.html (1099 words)

	King Colobus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		King Colobus is a species of Old World monkey, found in lowland and mountain rain forests in a region stretching between Gambia and Côte d'Ivoire within Africa.
		The King Colobus can be distinguished from other members of the Colobus genus by the placement of their white markings.
		King Colobus have white only on their whiskers, chest, and tail, and their tail is not tufted.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/King_Colobus (137 words)

	THE COLOBUS MONKEYS
		Guereza fl and white Colobus live in the western upcountry and are much bigger having longer coats and a full cape of white hair around their backs with a full bushy white tail.
		The Angolan Colobus monkeys are diurnal, have flattened nails and pads on their buttocks, and their hind legs are longer than their fore limbs as a typical characteristics of old world monkeys.
		Colobus eat mostly leaves (and some fruits and flowers), have no cheek pouches, are arboreal and rarely come down to the ground.
	www.cosy.sbg.ac.at /~zzspri/travels/Diani/Diani.html (2001 words)

	Red Colobus of Zanzibar, Tanzania - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
		The most common kinds of trees that colobus feed on are fl plum, various species of wild fig trees, and red mahogany, as well as introduced species such as Indian almond, coconut and mango.
		Zanzibar red colobus live in a wide variety of drier areas of coastal thickets and coral rag scrub, as well as mangrove swamps and agricultural areas.
		Colobus smell stronger and are therefore never kept as pets.
	www.galenfrysinger.com /red_colobus.htm (563 words)

	colobus monkeys in africa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The 14 species of colobus monkeys are entirely vegetarian and have anatomical adaptations suited to this way of life.
		Two forms of the Black-and-white (or Guereza) Colobus occur in lowland rainforest and east African highlands respectively; the lowland form has a short coat and a distinctive white-tipped tail, whereas the highland form has a luxuriant long coat and a pure white tail.
		The smaller Red Colobus is divided into eight species, five of which are confined to isolated forest patches and are correspondingly rare and endangered.
	www.wildwatch.com /resources/mammals/colobus.asp (452 words)

	Comparative Placentation
		Fetal surface of the placenta with loosely attached amnion and fetal vessels in the chorion.
		This is the maternal surface with the placental implantation.
		Most cercopithecidae, including the colobus monkey, have infarcts in the placenta without showing clinical evidence of preeclampsia, which is the commonest cause of infarcts in human gestations.
	medicine.ucsd.edu /cpa/colob.htm (2133 words)

	Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens: Things to See and Do
		Black and white colobus monkeys are generally diurnal and arboreal residents of deep forest.
		Black and white colobus monkeys have only four digits on each hand; the thumb is absent or represented by a small phalangeal tubercle that sometimes bears a nail.
		Members of the genus Colobus, which are in the subfamily Colobinae, are distinguished from members of the other subfamily, Cercopithecinae, by the absence of cheek pouches and the presence of prominent ischial callosities that are separate in females and contiguous in males.
	www.jaxzoo.org /animals/biofacts/EasterBWColobusMonkey.asp (1384 words)

	Primate of the Week - Black-and-White Colobus Monkey
		The Guereza (Colobus guereza) can be identified by a heavy, fl body with a naked, slate-gray face surrounded by a white brow and full beard, a white mantle, long tail, broad white ring around the callosities, and an indistinct white thigh spot.
		The Angolan Colobus (Colobus angolensis) is a heavily built, mostly fl monkey with long, white hairs on the shoulders and well-developed white whiskers.
		A Colobus troop is a cohesive group typically composed of a single adult male, three to four adult females, sub-adults, a juvenile, and an infant.
	homepage.mac.com /wildlifeweb/primate/PrimateWeek/Colobus/index.html (844 words)

	African Forest - Colobus monkey
		Colobus are the largest of the African colobines, or leaf-eating monkeys.
		Excellent climbers, most colobus species spend the majority of their time in the trees eating and sleeping, rarely touching the forest floor.
		Habitat: The colobus prefers primary and secondary forests, riverine forest, and wooded grassland.
	www.colszoo.org /animalareas/aforest/colobus.html (498 words)

	The Colobus Monkey Has No Thumb
		Black and white colobus babies are born all white, and start getting the fl colour after a few weeks.
		Colobus Cottage on Diani Beach, Kenya, runs a protection programme for the Angolan species and have habituated troop that can be visited by the public.
		The fl colobus monkey is completely dark of colour and occurs in Gabon and Cameroon.
	www.african-safari-pictures.com /colobus-monkey.html (417 words)

	ANIMAL BYTES - Black & White Colobus
		Colobus are important for seed dispersal through their sloppy eating habits as well as through their digestive system.
		Colobus struggle from the bushmeat trade, logging, and habitat destruction.
		In Africa, forest is often referred to as 'the bush', thus wildlife and the meat derived from it is referred to as 'bushmeat'.
	www.seaworld.org /animal-info/animal-bytes/animalia/eumetazoa/coelomates/deuterostomes/chordata/craniata/mammalia/primates/b-&-w-colobus.htm (387 words)

	GORP - Monkeys - Red Colobus Monkeys - Gombe Stream National Park
		Colobus have solved this problem in the same way as many hoofed animals, by evolving a four-chambered stomach where bacterial fermentation breaks down the cellulose and releases the nutrients.
		Red colobus are also very selective, and choose the tenderest, most nutritious parts of trees.
		Colobus are sometimes seen feeding in the same trees as redtail and blue monkeys, but their diet does not overlap much with that of any other primate species in the Park.
	gorp.away.com /gorp/location/africa/tanzania/gom_monk.htm (366 words)

	Ladywildlife's Colobus Monkey Page
		The colobus monkey is a shy, forest dwelling primate.
		Colobus monkeys are territorial and defend their area with threatening calls and fierce displays.
		The fl and white colobus monkey is born with a white coat and spends the first few weeks in its mothers arms.
	ladywildlife.com /animal/colobusmonkey.html (763 words)

	Animal Fact Sheets
		Four different species of fl and white colobus monkey are recognized; the guereza (Colobus guereza), Angolan colobus (Colobus angolensis), Guinea forest fl colobus (Colobus polykomos) and the satanic fl colobus (Colobus satanas).* Black and white colobus monkeys are found across equatorial Africa.
		The name "colobus" is derived from the Greek word meaning "docked" or "mutilated." Colobus monkeys once were thought to be abnormal because they have no thumb, or only a small stub where the thumb would usually be.
		Colobus monkeys always have a belly full of food which is in the process of being digested.
	www.zoo.org /factsheets/colobus/colobus.html (942 words)

	Colobus Monkey Project Kenya - Global Crossroad
		The colobus is the most arboreal of all African monkeys and rarely descend to the ground.
		Black and white colobus live in troops (probably made up of smaller family groups) that commonly number up to 25 individuals, though in Rwanda troops as large as 200 are known.
		Their home ranges are clearly defined, and their size is influenced by the number of monkeys in the troop, the abundance of food and the level of fighting with neighboring troops.
	www.globalcrossroad.com /wildlife_volunteers/colobus_monkey_kenya_more.php (558 words)

	Another Red Monkey
		Colobus monkeys are leaf-eaters, who feed on over 60 different species of plants, but the bulk of their diet consists of leaves from just five sources.
		The effect of this predation on the Red Colobus population is enormous.
		An average of 20% of the Red Colobus population is killed annually by chimpanzees.
	www.angelfire.com /punk2/walktheplank/monkey.html (558 words)

	SAVING COLOBUS MONKEYS IN KENYA
		Removing them from the scene of the accident was most heart-wrenching, the colobus troop were distraught and in a very uncharacteristic manner aggressively tried to prevent him from removing the bodies by rushing him with threatening barks and growls.
		The Diani colobus conservation movement began as an emotional outcry against forest clearing and high speed traffic on the main road, and led to a publicity campaign to "Save the Colobus." It has resulted in the acceptance of the monkey as the official Diani mascot.
		Colobus monkeys are unusually handicapped when it comes to crossing the high speed beach road and they are more prone to road kills than the other monkey species.
	www.ippl.org /Colobus.html (1588 words)

	Gentle Colobus Monkeys Smuggled. Please Protest
		Colobus monkeys are among the most spectacular of all monkeys, with their beautiful fl and white coats, appealing faces, and long tails.
		Having seen colobus monkeys living joyously in nature makes it especially heart-breaking for me to tell you this sad story of what happened to a shipment of colobus monkeys exported from Tanzania this May. The reason I am telling you this tale is that we must stop it getting repeated.
		Colobus monkeys and other leaf monkeys have long been well known for their fragility and this is well known in zoo circles.
	www.ippl.org /gcms.html (1744 words)

	AWF: Wildlife: Colobus Monkey
		Colobus monkeys live in troops of about 5 to 10 animals—a dominant male, several females, and young.
		The newborn colobus monkey is covered with white fur, and at about 1 month gradually begins to change color, finally gaining the fl and white adult coloration at about 3 months.
		Colobus monkeys are strictly leaf-eaters and spend most of their time in treetops, preferring to eat the tender young leaves found there.
	www.awf.org /content/wildlife/detail/colobusmonkey (633 words)

	Dublin Zoo - Come into the Zoo - World of Primates - Colobus Monkey
		Colobus means - ‘mutilated one' (mutilate means injure or hurt) and refers to the fact that they do not have a thumb.
		Colobus monkeys have beautiful fl and white fur except when they are very small.
		Colobus monkeys live in trees and sitting on a hard thin branch for long periods of time could be very uncomfortable if they did not have these pads.
	www.dublinzoo.ie /come_primates_monkey.htm (221 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Miss Waldron's Red Colobus
		Miss Waldron's Red Colobus (Piliocolobus badius waldronae) is a subspecies of the Western Red Colobus native to West Africa.
		Miss Waldron's Red Colobus was discovered in December 1933 by Willoughby P. Lowe, a British Museum collector who had shot eight specimens of the animal.
		Miss Waldron's Red Colobus is the first primate to be declared extinct in the 21st century.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Miss_Waldrone%27s_Red_Colobus (594 words)

	The Predatory Behavior and Ecology of Wild Chimpanzees
		One could therefore say that the fate of the Gombe red colobus monkeys is in the hands of the chimpanzee population; this is reflected in the colobus mortality rate in relation to the number of hunters available in a given era.
		Using information on the size and age and sex composition of red colobus group, combined with knowledge of the hunting patterns of Gombe chimps, it is possible to estimate the impact of predation on the colobus.
		To understand the impact of this mortality on the colobus population, it is important to consider certain aspects of the monkey population.
	www-rcf.usc.edu /~stanford/chimphunt.html (4058 words)

	Recently Extinct Animals - Species Info - Miss Waldron's Red Colobus Monkey
		The Miss Waldron's red colobus was named for F. Waldron, the companion of Willoughby P. Lowe, a collector for British museums who "discovered" the primate in 1933.
		The last confirmed sighting of a Miss Waldron's red colobus monkey was in 1978 in the rainforest of Ghana.
		The Miss Waldron's red colobus monkey was so sensitive to habitat alteration that scientists could not replicate its diet and had no success with attempts to breed the endangered animal in captivity.
	www.petermaas.nl /extinct/speciesinfo/misswaldronredcolobus.htm (989 words)

	ADW: Colobus guereza: Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		There seems to be little or no reproductive seasonality in most populations of Colobus monkeys that have been studied, but there tends to be a birth peak, timed so that weaning coincides with the greatest seasonal abundance of solid food.
		Black and white colobus monkeys spend most of their time sitting in the tops of trees; and they take turns sleeping at night so that at least one individual is awake at all times to watch for predators.
		Colobus guereza is one of many monkey species that is sacred to the Hindu and Buddhist religions.
	animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu /site/accounts/information/Colobus_guereza.html (2166 words)

	The Colobus Monkey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Black and White Colobus Monkeys are said to be one of the most beautiful monkeys in the world.
		Their scientific name is “Colobus guereza caudatus” or “Colobus guerza kikuyuensis”.
		Colobus Monkeys are over-hunted for their beautiful coats that were rage in the 1920s and 1930s.
	www.kcsd.org /StudentWork/Reggio/Megan_C (485 words)

	News Updates–Colobus Monkey born Dec. 29
		At birth, a Colobus monkey infant's fur is entirely white and its face is pink.
		Kikuyu Black and White Colobus Monkeys are found in forests and wooded grasslands across central Africa from Nigeria to Ethiopia.
		The Colobus monkey exhibit opened in August 2004 as part of the expansion project funded by the quarter-cent sales tax for parks approved by Greene County voters in November 2001.
	www.dickersonparkzoo.org /news/colobus_2007.htm (316 words)

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