Definitions
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- proper noun A taxonomic
subfamily within thefamily Cercopithecidae — the colobus monkeys, proboscis monkeys and thegray langurs etc..
Etymologies
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Colobus + -inae
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Examples
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Other primates also freely taken for food include eastern chimpanzee Pan troglodytes schweinfurthi (EN), Anubis baboon Papio anubis and ten species of monkey: five Cercopithecinae and three Colobinae species.
Kahuzi-Biéga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo 2009
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This monkey (one of four species of "golden monkeys") is a langur (Colobinae) that is adapted to a subalpine forest habitat.
Nujiang Langcang Gorge alpine conifer and mixed forests 2008
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