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Black and White Colobus Their habitat is found in a range of woodedareas, incliding all types of closed canopy forests up to an altitude of 4500m, gallery forest and wooded savannah, with a particular preference for degraded or secondary forest. They are found in Central Africia. Colobus guereza,Mantled guereza Click/tap to enlarge Species intro

Black and White Colobus

Their habitat is found in a range of woodedareas, incliding all types of closed canopy forests up to an altitude of 4500m, gallery forest and wooded savannah, with a particular preference for degraded or secondary forest. They are found in Central Africia.

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Wikipedia mentions Black White Colubus has a few sub species:

    Colobus satanas
    Colobus angolensis
    Colobus polykomos
    Colobus vellerosus
    Colobus guereza

    Would you happen to know which one this is?     Posted 12 years ago
  2. View Graeme Ruck's profile
    Graeme Ruck
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    sorry it has taken awhile to answer you. They are Colobus guereza. Other common names are Eastern black and white colobus and Kikuyu black and white colobus Posted 12 years ago
  3. View WildFlower's profile
    WildFlower
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    They have very stylish coats and long tails. Do you have a photo in full body lenght? Posted 12 years ago, modified 12 years ago
    1. View Graeme Ruck's profile
      Graeme Ruck
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      I have just added some Posted 12 years ago
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        WildFlower
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        Thanks, great series. The tail is so long that it doesn't seem to fit in :) Posted 12 years ago

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The Mantled guereza

The mantled guereza is a black-and-white colobus, a type of Old World monkey. It is native to much of west central and east Africa, including Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Chad.

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Uploaded Jun 26, 2013. Captured Jul 20, 2011 11:16.
  • Canon EOS 1000D
  • f/5.6
  • 1/41s
  • ISO800
  • 300mm

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