The Colobus Monkey comes in many unique colors. The black and white Colobus is found across the equator of Africa. There are five species, among which the color varies from all black to a skunklike black and white pattern. Black and white Colobus monkeys weigh up to nine kg, or twenty pounds. They live in small social groups of about ten animals, that includes one adult male plus females and their offspring.

The red Colobus Monkey is found across Africa from Zanzibar to Senegal. Their color is highly variable, ranging from a bright white and red in the monkeys of Eastern Africa to a dark gray and orange in Western African monkeys. They also weigh up to nine kg, or twenty pounds. Males are usually bigger than females. The re

d Colobus lives in large groups of up to one hundred individuals, including mostly males. It is a major prey of the chimpanzee in forest, where they both live.

Colobus Monkeys are very intelligent. Colobus Monkeys spend almost all of their lives in the trees, occasionally descending to the ground. Colobus Monkeys usually live in forest at altitudes of between seven thousand and nine thousand feet. Usually monkeys keep to the security of the high trees where they are safe from leopards and other tree climbing predators. They eat the juicy leaves of a scencio climber, the leaves of an imparted pepper tree. They also eat leaves from the undergrowth. The white patch below the tail can identify the sexes, which are a complete ring in males and a broken ring in females. They eat fruit, leaves of all kinds, flowers and even twigs with the Red Colobus types foraging on a greater range of tree species than the black and white forms.

All three species can be grossly classified as primarily frusluogous and insectiuonous, which means they eat mostly, flowers and fruits, although some buds and leaves are eaten by all. "Colobus means "mutilated" it refers to the thumb. The Colobus Monkey does not have a thumb in stead it is usually just a bump. "The name "colobus" is derived from the Greek word "mutilated". (home.san.

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