Colobus

Colobus guereza (mantled guereza)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cercopithecoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Ordo: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Subordo: Cynodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohort: Theria Cohort: Eutheria Cohort: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Primates Subordo: Haplorhini Infraordo: Simiiformes Parvordo: Catarrhini Superfamilia: Cercopithecoidea

Familia: Cercopithecidae
Subfamilia: Colobinae
Genus: Colobus
Species: C. satanas – C. angolensis – C. guereza – C. polykomos – C. vellerosus

Name

Colobus Illiger, 1811: 69

Type species: Simia polycomos Schreber, 1800 (= Cebus polykomos Zimmerman, 1780)

Synonyms

• Colobolus Gray, 1821
• Guereza Gray, 1870
• Pterycolobus Rochebrune, 1887
• Stachycolobus Rochebrune, 1887

References

Primary references

• Illiger, J.K.W. 1811. Prodromus systematis mammalium et avium additis terminis zoographicis utriusque classis, eorumque versione germanica. C. Salfield: Berolini. xviii + 302 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Colobus in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Vernacular names

English: Black-and-white Colobus
日本語: コロブス属
polski: Gereza
ไทย: ลิงโคโลบัส

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