Black and White Colubus Monkey is a photograph by Pete Reynolds which was uploaded on July 8th, 2012.
Black and White Colubus Monkey
Black-and-white colobuses (or colobi) are Old World monkeys of the genus Colobus, native to Africa. They are closely related to the brown colobus... more
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Black and White Colubus Monkey
Artist
Pete Reynolds
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Photograph - Photography
Description
Black-and-white colobuses (or colobi) are Old World monkeys of the genus Colobus, native to Africa. They are closely related to the brown colobus monkeys of genus Piliocolobus. [1] The word "colobus" comes from Greek κολοβός kolob�s ("maimed"), and is so named because its thumb is a stump. Colobuses are herbivorous, eating leaves, fruit, flowers, and twigs. Their habitat includes primary and secondary forest, riverine forest, and wooded grasslands; they are found more in higher density logged forests than in other primary forests. Their ruminant-like digestive systems have enabled these leaf-eaters to occupy niches that are inaccessible to other primates. Colobuses live in territorial groups of approximately nine individuals, based upon a single male with a number of females and their offspring. Newborn colobuses are completely white. There are documented cases of allomothering, which means members of the troop other than the infant's biological mother care for it.
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July 8th, 2012
