1. Basic information

[Chinese name] Colobus variegata

【Alias】Geoffroy's Black-and-white Colobus

【English name】White-thighed Colobus、Geoffroy's Black-and-white Colobus

【Latin name】Colobus vellerosus

【Kingdom】Anima

【Domain】Chordates

【Subphylum】Vertebrate Subphylum

【Class】Mammalia

[Order] Primates

[Family] Monkey

[Genus] Colobus

[Species] Colobus

2. Morphological characteristics

1. Body size: male variegated colobus monkeys are 61-66 cm in length and females are 61-64 cm in length cm, tail length 75-81 cm, male weight 9.9 kg, female weight 8.3 kg. The body is light, the limbs are slender, and the stature is larger and heavier than ordinary monkeys.

2. Body color: The coat color of the variegated colobus monkey is black and white, mainly black. The snow-white whiskers of this species form a bushy fringe on the face. The beautiful and flowing tufted tail is white, longer than the body, more than 1 meter. The hair of the newborn monkeys is all white, which is in sharp contrast to the adult monkeys with predominantly black hair.

III. Living habits

1. Distribution: The variegated colobus is mainly distributed in Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria and Togo in Africa. countries. Habitat in lowland rain forests, deciduous forests and savannahs, forest belts, generally living at an altitude of about 350 meters. Live in the upper and middle layers of the forest and rarely come to the ground.

2. Diet: The variegated colobus mainly feeds on the buds and leaves of plants, as well as wild fruits and grains.

IV. Reproductive status

The variegated colobus can mate and reproduce all year round, and the marriage method is polygamy Or polyandry, female monkeys breed once every two years, the gestation period is 175 days, and each litter only produces 1 offspring, and the monkeys are white. In the first few months of the baby monkeys' birth, the female monkeys in the group will help to care for and support the baby monkeys, whether or not the mother is born, and the mother monkeys take the baby monkeys around to feed, and the baby monkeys always hang on the mother's chest and hold the mother monkey tightly. 's fur.

V. Conservation Status

Because of the wanton expansion of human beings, a large number of forests have been destroyed, and the variegated colobus monkey has lost its habitat. And because of its beautiful coat color, the variegated colobus monkey was killed and captured by unscrupulous businessmen, and it has been included in the 2008 Red List of Threatened Species of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) ver3.1 - Vulnerable (VU).

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