Preferred Label : colobus;
MeSH definition : A genus of Old World monkeys, subfamily COLOBINAE, family CERCOPITHECIDAE, that inhabits
the forests of Africa. It consists of eight species: C. angolensis (Angolan colobus),
C. badius or C. rufomitratus (Red or Bay colobus), C. guereza (Guereza or Eastern
black-and-white colobus), C. kirkii (Kirk's colobus), C. polykomos (King colobus or
Western black-and-white colobus), C. satanas (Black colobus), and C. verus (Olive
colobus). Some authors recognize Procolobus as a separate genus and then the olive
colobus is recognized as the species P. verus.; A genus of Old World monkeys, subfamily COLOBINAE, family CERCOPITHECIDAE, that inhabits
the forests of Africa. It includes C. angolensis (Angolan colobus), C. guereza (Guereza
or Eastern black-and-white colobus), C. polykomos (King colobus or Western black-and-white
colobus), C. satanas (Black Colobus) and C. vellerosus.;
MeSH synonym : colobus monkeys; colobus monkey; monkey, colobus;
CISMeF synonym : monkeys, colobus;
Wikipedia automatic translation : Black-and-white colobus;
Related MeSH term : procolobus;
MeSH annotation : Old World monkey; NIM when exper animal: no qualif; when IM, qualif permitted; diseases:
coord IM with MONKEY DISEASES (IM); NIM when experimental animal; diseases: coordinate with MONKEY DISEASES;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-and-white colobus;
UNII : txid9570;
Origin ID : D003104;
UMLS CUI : C0009365;
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A genus of Old World monkeys, subfamily COLOBINAE, family CERCOPITHECIDAE, that inhabits
the forests of Africa. It consists of eight species: C. angolensis (Angolan colobus),
C. badius or C. rufomitratus (Red or Bay colobus), C. guereza (Guereza or Eastern
black-and-white colobus), C. kirkii (Kirk's colobus), C. polykomos (King colobus or
Western black-and-white colobus), C. satanas (Black colobus), and C. verus (Olive
colobus). Some authors recognize Procolobus as a separate genus and then the olive
colobus is recognized as the species P. verus.
A genus of Old World monkeys, subfamily COLOBINAE, family CERCOPITHECIDAE, that inhabits
the forests of Africa. It includes C. angolensis (Angolan colobus), C. guereza (Guereza
or Eastern black-and-white colobus), C. polykomos (King colobus or Western black-and-white
colobus), C. satanas (Black Colobus) and C. vellerosus.
