Eastern black-and-white colobus
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The eastern black-and-white colobus monkey, or mantled gueraza (Colobus guereza) is a species of monkey.[3] It can be as big as over 2 ft (0.61 m) long (excluding tail) and up to 30 lb (14 kg). In the wild, they live about 20 years.
| Mantled guereza[1] | |
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| With baby at Münster Zoo | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Cercopithecidae |
| Genus: | Colobus |
| Species: | C. guereza |
| Binomial name | |
| Colobus guereza Rüppell, 1835 | |
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| Mantled guereza range | |
Colobus monkeys are vegetarian. They have a three-chambered stomach to help digest leaves.
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