A genus of African primates, leaf-eating monkeys with distinctive black and white coloring and no thumbs.
From Greek 'kolobos', meaning mutilated or defective, referring to the monkeys' lack of thumbs. Named by Carl Linnaeus in the 18th century.
Colobus monkeys are the acrobats of the primate world—losing their thumbs didn't hurt them at all; instead they developed longer arms perfect for dramatic leaps through rainforest canopies!
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