Definition of Colobus guereza

1. Noun. A colobus monkey with a reddish brown coat and white silky fringes down both sides of the body.

Exact synonyms: Guereza
Generic synonyms: Colobus, Colobus Monkey

Lexicographical Neighbors of Colobus Guereza

Collis
Collis-Belsey procedure
Collis Potter Huntington
Collison
Collocalia
Collocalia inexpectata
Collop Monday
Colls
Collyer
Collyns
Collyriclum
Colm
Colman
Colmar
Colo.
Colobus guereza
Colocasia
Colocasia esculenta
Cologne
Cologne earth
Colombia
Colombian
Colombian Sign Language
Colombian crake
Colombian crakes
Colombian monetary unit
Colombian necktie
Colombian peso
Colombianism
Colombians

Literary usage of Colobus guereza

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Hand-book to the Primates by Henry Ogg Forbes (1897)
"X. THE WHITE-TAILED GUEREZA. COLOBUS CAUDATUS. colobus guereza caudatus, Thomas, PZS, 1885, p. 219, pi. xii.; Johnston, ..."

2. Catalogue of Monkeys, Lemurs, and Fruit-eating Bats in the Collection of the by John Edward Gray (1870)
"The Guereza. BM Black ; end of tail, hair round the face, and of the mantle white. colobus guereza, Ruppell, Fauna ..."

3. Reports on the Progress of Zoology and Botany, 1841, 1842 by Ray Society, Heinrich Friedrich Link (1845)
"... had proved the same thing in the colobus guereza; cheek pouches wanting. Owen has confirmed the identity of the C. ..."

4. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1837)
"... the fact of many other known specie* • f mammals having such analogues in the same localities. 3. colobus guereza, Rüppell, with the head, bee, neck. ..."

5. Modern Abyssinia by Augustus Blandy Wylde (1901)
"MONKEYS GUEREZA (colobus guereza). Common in all the forests of southern Abyssinia. A fruit and insect-eating animal, and living specimens very hard to ..."

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