Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The colobus monkey is an Old World monkey of the family Cercopithecidae. It is so called because its thumb is a stump. The word comes from Greek ekolobóse "he cut short". Colobi are generally black and white. Some look a lot like skunks from the side. Colobus guereza Colobus satanas Colobus angolensis Colobus vellerosus Colobus polykomos This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.