The Kilimanjaro guereza[1] (Colobus caudatus) is one of the 7 subspecies of the Mantled guereza.
- It is found in Kenya and Tanzania in the forests surrounding Mount Meru and Mount Kilimanjaro.
- The Kilimanjaro guereza coat has a distinctive black coat with long white stripes of silky hair, known as a mantle, on the sides of the body and tail.
- The bands that make up the coat begin at the shoulders and extend down the back to meet at the lower torso.
- The tail is long and ends in a white tuft that covers up to 80 percent of the tail. The coat color varies from white to cream or yellow.
- The face is framed with white and bushy hair on the cheeks. The thigh has a white band.
- Like most colobi, the Kilimanjaro guereza coat has a small vestigial thumb.
