Organisms

Colobus

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.

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Abstract

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.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Monkey, Colobus
  • Colobus Monkey
  • Colobus Monkeys

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Aspects Covered

18 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, embryology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, injuries, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, physiology, psychology, surgery, urine, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

NIM when experimental animal; diseases: coordinate with MONKEY DISEASES

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History Note

91(75); was see under CERCOPITHECIDAE 1981-90; was see under MONKEYS 1975-80

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  1. B01w.050w.150w.900w.649w.313w.988w.400w.112w.199w.150w.150w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Colobus. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003104. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003104
  2. Colobus. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-and-white_colobus
  3. Colobus. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q358813