Digestibility of a high-fiber biscuit-based diet by black and white colobus (Colobus guereza)

Use of sleeping trees by black and white

Use of sleeping trees by black and white Colobus monkeys (Colobus guereza) in the Kakamega Forest, Kenya

✍ Frank A. Von Hippel 📂 Article 📅 1998 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 122 KB

Groups of black and white colobus monkeys, or guerezas (Colobus guereza), observed in the Kakamega Forest, Kenya, had weak fidelity for sleeping sites. Groups often slept in trees near commonly used food sources, which might reduce the time and energetic costs of travel. Although the home range of e