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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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