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Definition of Colobus guereza
1. Noun. A colobus monkey with a reddish brown coat and white silky fringes down both sides of the body.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Colobus Guereza
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 ..."