Least ConcernGuereza
Colobus guereza
24 countries21 parks
Species group · Mammals
WAnimals has 6 species of colobus, in the family Cercopithecidae.
Each one has its own full profile. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.
5 species in this group are in a threatened category according to the IUCN.
Recorded in 26 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:
Its long white cape of fur works like a parachute during its spectacular leaps between trees.
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It feeds mainly on young leaves, supplemented with fruit, flowers, shoots and bark.
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It is the most arboreal monkey in Africa.
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It is the chimpanzee's favourite prey, hunted by coordinated groups.
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It is the main prey of chimpanzees in several West African forests, and hunting it gave rise to the first detailed descriptions of cooperative hunting in chimpanzees, with individuals taking on distinct roles of driver, blocker and ambusher.
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The subspecies of Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire known as Miss Waldron's red colobus was declared extinct in 2000, the first primate extinction documented in the 21st century.
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The white fringes on its shoulders work as a rudimentary parachute: as it launches itself between trees, the long hair increases air resistance and cushions leaps that can exceed fifteen metres.
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Ranges calculated from the profiles that record the figure, not from all 6.
Its skins were traded for centuries in East Africa as ceremonial ornament, and at the end of the nineteenth century hundreds of thousands of colobus skins were being exported to Europe.
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