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Abyssinian black-and-white colobus
Abyssinian black-and-white colobus Abyssinian black-and-white colobus, or mantled guereza (Colobus guereza).

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guereza

guereza, any of several species of colobus monkeys distinguished by their black and white pelts, especially Colobus guereza (known more commonly as the mantled guereza or the Abyssinian black-and-white colobus) from the East African mountains of Uganda and northern Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa).

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