Mantled guereza
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Mantled guerezas ferment leaves with the help of bacteria in their stomachs.
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Mantled guerezas ferment leaves with the help of bacteria in their stomachs.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Mantled guereza
- Scientific name
- Colobus guereza
- Japanese name
- アビシニアコロブス
- Group
- Land mammals
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Primates
- Family
- Cercopithecidae
- Genus
- Colobus
Where the name “Mantled guereza” comes from
The name “Colobus” refers to the absence of thumbs.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity WebIt lives in deep forests from Central to East Africa, is active by day and spends most of its time up in the trees.
It has black-and-white fur and a long, tufted tail. Balancing with this tail, it makes big leaps from branch to branch.
Newborn babies are covered all over in white fur, a completely different color from the adults.
How the Mantled guereza lives
They also eat seeds, buds, young twigs and unripe fruit. They get water from rain held in tree hollows, dew and moisture in their food. Where trees are widely spaced, they also feed and travel on the ground. Females stay in the group where they were born throughout their lives.
上野動物園University of Michigan Animal Diversity WebBasic data
- Size
- Head and body length: about 58–62 cm上野動物園
- Weight
- about 9.2–13.5 kg上野動物園
- Lifespan
- up to 20 years in the wild, up to 29 years in captivityUniversity of Michigan Animal Diversity Web
- Active
- By day (diurnal)University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web
- Diet
- Leaves, seeds, buds, young branches and unripe fruit上野動物園
- Range
- Central to East Africa上野動物園
Where the Mantled guereza has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- アビシニアコロブス
- 简体中文
- 东非黑白疣猴
- 繁體中文
- 東黑白疣猴
- 한국어
- 동부콜로부스
- Español
- Guereza abisinio
- Français
- Colobe à épaules blanches
- Deutsch
- Mantelaffe
- Português (Brasil)
- Colobo-guereza
- Italiano
- Guereza
- العربية
- كولبس أبلق
- Русский
- Восточный колобус
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 上野動物園 — アビシニアコロブスChecked: 2026-11-03
- University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web — Colobus guerezaChecked: 2026-11-03
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
Report a mistakeWhen you meet the Mantled guereza, look for this
- As it chews leaves, look for the muscles moving on top of its head.
Animals do different things from day to day, so you may not always see this.
上野動物園EXHIBIT INFORMATION
Places that keep or show the Mantled guereza
Zoos, aquariums and other places whose official websites say they keep or show this animal.
Displays can change with the animals’ health and the seasons. Check each facility’s official website before you go.
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