Colobus
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Colobus angolensis
See also: colobus
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek κολοβός (kolobós, “maimed”).
Proper noun
Colobus m
- 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
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 at Bucknell.
- Colobus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Colobus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Colobus at Paleobiology Database
