Colobus

See also: colobus

Translingual

Colobus angolensis

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 Encyclopedia of Life
Colobus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Colobus at Paleobiology Database

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