Eastern Black-and-White Colobus or Guereza

IUCN Status
Lower Risk

Common Classification
Old World Monkey

Range Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Cameroon, Sudan, and Gabon.

Habitat
Inhabit primary and secondary forest, wooded grassland, riverine forest, young forests and logged forest.

Physical Characteristics

• Head and Body length: male – 615 mm (543-649 mm); female – 576 mm (521-673 mm)
• Tail length: male – 667 mm (521-826 mm); female – 687 mm (528-797 mm)
• Weight: male – 13.5 kg; female – 7.9-9.2 kg

Distinguishing features
Strikingly contrasting black and white coat, pelage is mostly black and has white fur that starts from their shoulders and forms a U down their back, faces are black and are surrounded by white hair, depending on the subspecies, the tails can be anywhere between 5 to 95% white.

Diet
Primarily leaves and fruit.

Behavior
Very territorial, diurnal, arboreal, rest more than half the day, typically live in groups of 3 to 15 individuals.

Threats
Species threatened by habitat destruction and excessive hunting for their pelts.

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