Procolobus (lat.) - the genus of monkeys from the monkey family, includes from one [1] to eleven [2] species. They live in African forests.
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
| Squadron : | Euarchontoglires |
| Grand detachment : | Euarchonta |
| Parvotryad : | Narrow-nosed monkey |
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| International scientific name |
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Procolobus Rochebrune , 1877 |
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The taxonomy of this kind is debatable. Some authors include red colobus in its composition as a subgenus, [2] while others consider the genus to be monotypic, including only green colobus . [one]