Western Black and White Colobus Monkey Colobus polykomos

Western Black and White Colobus Monkey
King Black and White Colobus Monkey
King Colobus Monkey
The Western Black and White Colobus Monkey is native to rainforest of West Africa from Senegal to the Ivory Coast. They are also known as King Colobus. Colobus means mutilated, named because Colobus monkeys have no thumbs.
Western Black and White Colobus Monkey
King Colobus
King Colobus
They live in troops of either a group of females with 1-2 males or a bachelor troop of males. Classed as "vulnerable, the monkeys have suffered from deforestation as well as being hunted.