Colobus monkeys have long limbs and tails and robust bodies. Peter J. Fashing Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, The Angolan colobus monkey is one of several black and white species and, with its sturdy body and rounded head, is typical of its genus. Black-and-white colobus monkey are Old World monkeys, a term describing monkeys from Africa and Asia. Population status of black and white colobus monkeys (Colobus guereza) in Kakamega Forest,Kenya: are they really on the decline? Background information. Black-and-white colobuses (or colobi) are Old World monkeys of the genus Colobus, native to Africa. At about 1 month, it begins to change color, gaining the black-and-white adult coloration at about 3 months. We investigate the link between dispersal, the kin composition of groups, and proximity patterns in a population of black-and-white colobus (Colobus vellerosus) that shows variation in female dispersal. Sexual Maturity 4 to 6 years; there is no distinct breeding season, although most mating probably occurs during the rainy season. They have only four fingers on each hand, their thumbs being vestigial or absent. Some individuals will … Red and olive colobus share an unusual feature not seen among black-and-white colobus. There are five species of this monkey, and at least eight subspecies: They are generally found in high-density forests where They are unusual in that they have lost their thumbs and have only four fingers on their hands. Black-and-white colobus monkey (Colobus vellerosus) Mohamed bin Zayed Species project number 10251554. Two species of black-and-white colobus occur in Côte d'Ivoire: Colobus polykomos (Zimmerman, 1780), the king or western pied colobus, and C. vellerosus (I. Geoffroy, 1834), the ursine or Geoffroy's pied colobus (see Oates and Trocco 1983; Oates, 1994). Approximately 6 months; the newborn colobus monkey has a pink face and is covered with white fur. They are closely related to the red colobus monkeys of genus Piliocolobus. Black-and-white colobus monkey live in Central Africa. Like some other Old World monkeys, the females have very large periodic swellings around the sex organs, but, uniquely, the subadult males also develop swellings, and these exactly mimic those of the female. The black colobus (Colobus satanas), or satanic black colobus, is a species of Old World monkey belonging to the genus Colobus.The species is found in a small area of western central Africa.Black colobuses are large, completely covered with black fur, and like all other Colobus monkeys, do not have a thumb. They have distinctive black and white colouration, with long white fur on their backs. Although sometimes captured for their fur, black and white colobus monkeys are not considered threatened by people.They are often able to thrive in small pockets of habitat in between human settlements but are sometimes killed when they try to move between forest fragments. Support African forests and the black and white colobus monkey.