How to Use colobus monkey in a Sentence

colobus monkey

noun
  • Black-and-white colobus monkeys leapt from branches of fig trees.
    — Andrew McCarthy, New York Times, 2017-10-30
  • Also this month, the zoo also welcomed a male baby giraffe and a black-and-white colobus monkey.
    — USA TODAY, 2019-06-19
  • The park is home to 70 mammal species, from bush pigs and forest antelopes to red colobus monkeys and a dozen other species of primates.
    — Mark Johnson, jsonline.com, 2017-12-15
  • Red colobus monkeys on the island of Zanzibar, for instance, have been observed eating charcoal to counteract toxic substances in their diets.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 2018-03-26
  • Stop in the Jozani Forest, part of Zanzibar’s only national park, for a chance to see Zanzibar red colobus monkeys, a rare species indigenous to the islands.
    — National Geographic, 2019-06-12

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