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EndangeredMaximum longevity: 33.9 years (captivity) Observations: One captive female was 33.9 years old when she died (Richard Weigl 2005). Estimates of the age at sexual maturity range from 2 years (Virginia Hayssen et al. 1993) to nearly 7 years (Ernest 2003).
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- Südlicher Guereza
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- C. polykomos
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The king colobus (Colobus polykomos), also known as the western black-and-white colobus, is a species of Old World monkey, found in lowland and mountain rainforests in a region stretching from Senegal, through Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia to the Ivory Coast. One of five members of the genus Colobus, the black-and-white colobuses, the king colobus is the westernmost species of the group on the continent of Africa. It eats mainly leaves, but also fruits and flowers. Though it is arboreal, it eats primarily on the ground. It lives in small groups consisting of 3 to 4 females and 1 to 3 males, plus their young. These groups maintain distance from one another through territorial calling.
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