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title: "King Colobus"
description: "Colobus polykomos — Mammals. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/king-colobus
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# King Colobus

> Colobus polykomos — Mammals. 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.

- Scientific name: *Colobus polykomos*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 61
- Wikidata: [Q949200](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q949200)
- iNaturalist taxon: [43526](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43526)

## Names

- en: King Colobus
- de: Weißbartstummelaffe
- es: Colobo Blanco Y Negro De Africa Occidental
- fr: Colobe Magistrat
- nl: West-Afrikaanse franjeaap
- pt: Macaco-fidalgo-preto
- pl: Gereza białobroda

## Countries with the most observations

CI (19), GW (11), SL (7), GN (3)

## Summary

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…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_colobus

## Photo

![King Colobus](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/king-colobus/medium.jpg)

Photo: Scott Loarie · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/74366

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/king-colobus?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).