Mantled guereza
Colobus guereza / Mantled guereza
- Habitat
- Rainforests and gallery forests, but also tree-covered savannahs
- Continent
- Africa
- Food
- Leaves, buds, flowers, fruits
- Gestation/breeding period
- 6 months
- Mode of life
- Harem groups with up to 15 animals
- Class
- Mammals
- Order
- Primates
Key facts
~ 65 cm
size
~ 14 kg
weight
~ 35 years
age
How endangered are Mantled guerezas?
by IUCN (Red List of Threatened Species)
- Not evaluated
- Data deficient
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Least concern Least concern - Near threatened
- Vulnerable
- Endangered
- Critically endangered
- Extinct in the wild
- Extinct
Did you know?
The offspring of the mantled guereza is born completely white.
Mantled guereza on the zoo tour
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