Colobus

See also: colobus

Translingual

Colobus angolensis

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek κολοβός (kolobós, “maimed”).

Proper noun

Colobus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cercopithecidae – the black-and-white colobuses.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Primates - order; Haplorrhini - suborder; Simiiformes - infraorder; Catarrhini - parvorder; Cercopithecoidea - superfamily; Cercopithecidae - family; Colobinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Colobus angolensis (Angola colobus), Colobus guereza (mantled guereza), Colobus polykomos (king colobus), Colobus satanas (black colobus), Colobus vellerosus (ursine colobus) (species)

Derived terms

• †Paracolobus
• Piliocolobus
• Procolobus

Further reading

• Black-and-white colobus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Colobus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Colobus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Colobus in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.
• Colobus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Colobus at Encyclopedia of Life
• Colobus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Colobus at Paleobiology Database