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The Colobus monkey has a number of features that demonstrate
adaptation to a life spent primarily in the upper levels of
the forest canopy. A light weight bone structure and elongated
limbs make it easier to leap from branch to branch. A hand with
four fingers and no thumb provides a strong grasp on branches
as the animal moves through the trees. (The name "colobus"
means "mutilated one" and refers to the missing thumb.)
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In Nyungwe you can watch them traveling
from tree to tree, often performing spectacular downward
leaps of 15-20 feet, during which the long shoulder hair
acts like a parachute, fanning out to help check the animal's
descent.
This same white fringe also provides camouflage by breaking
up the animal's outline. Unlike other Old World monkeys,
the Colobus has no cheek pouches. Home range of individual
troops are defined and marked by a creaking and rattling
vocalization. In Nyungwe Nationalpark the Angolan Colobus
which may number over 400 individuals, are the largest
aggregations of this species of the world. |
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