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title: "White-thighed Colobus"
description: "Colobus vellerosus — Mammals. The ursine colobus (Colobus vellerosus), also known as the white-thighed colobus, Geoffroy's black-and-white colobus, or the white-thighed black-and-white colobus, is a West African species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/white-thighed-colobus
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# White-thighed Colobus

> Colobus vellerosus — Mammals. The ursine colobus (Colobus vellerosus), also known as the white-thighed colobus, Geoffroy's black-and-white colobus, or the white-thighed black-and-white colobus, is a West African species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae.

- Scientific name: *Colobus vellerosus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 81
- Wikidata: [Q546456](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q546456)
- iNaturalist taxon: [74201](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/74201)

## Names

- en: White-thighed Colobus
- de: Geoffroys Stummelaffe
- es: Colobo ursino
- fr: Colobe de Geoffroy
- nl: Witbaardfranjeaap
- pt: Colobo-de-geoffroy
- pl: Gereza niedźwiedzia

## Countries with the most observations

GH (46), BJ (29)

## Summary

The ursine colobus (Colobus vellerosus), also known as the white-thighed colobus, Geoffroy's black-and-white colobus, or the white-thighed black-and-white colobus, is a West African species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae.

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

## Photo

![White-thighed Colobus](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-thighed-colobus/medium.jpg)

Photo: Simon Tonge · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9411717

## Machine access

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