King colobus

Weight

7.3 kg – 9.92 kgsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

27.5 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Herbivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

33.9 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

Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The king colobus is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces a very 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 polykomos (Zimmermann, 1780)

Synonyms Cebus polykomos, Simia comosa, Simia polycomos, Simia regalis, Simia tetradactyla

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Mantled guereza

Colobus guereza

Cercopithecidae

VU, Vulnerable

Angola colobus

Colobus angolensis

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

CompareKing colobus vs Mantled guerezaKing colobus vs Angola colobusKing colobus vs Black colobusKing colobus vs Ursine colobus

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@misc{king_colobus_2026,
  title = {King colobus (Colobus polykomos)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/king-colobus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}