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Colobus
The colobus monkey is an Old World monkey of the family Cercopithecidae. It is so called because its thumb is a stump. The word comes from Greek ekolobóse "he cut short".
Colobi are generally black and white. Some look a lot like skunks from the side.
- Colobus guereza
- Colobus satanas
- Colobus angolensis
- Colobus vellerosus
- Colobus polykomos
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