Angola colobus

Weight

7.5 kg – 9.85 kgsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

30.5 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Herbivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

35.3 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Gestation

191 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

1src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

2 years – 4.5 yearssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

0.6src for Litters or clutches a year

Active

By day (diurnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Arborealsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The angola colobus is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderPrimates
5. familyCercopithecidae
6. genusColobus
7. SpeciesColobus angolensis Sclater, 1860

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Mantled guereza

Colobus guereza

Cercopithecidae

EN, Endangered

King colobus

Colobus polykomos

Cercopithecidae

VU, Vulnerable

Black colobus

Colobus satanas

Cercopithecidae

CR, Critically Endangered

Ursine colobus

Colobus vellerosus

Cercopithecidae

L

Likweli

Colobus congoensis

CercopithecidaeNo free photo yet

K

Kilimanjaro colobus

Colobus caudatus

CercopithecidaeNo free photo yet

CompareAngola colobus vs Mantled guerezaAngola colobus vs King colobusAngola colobus vs Black colobusAngola colobus vs Ursine colobus

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@misc{angola_colobus_2026,
  title = {Angola colobus (Colobus angolensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/angola-colobus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}