The olive colobus[1] (Procolobus verus), also called the Van Beneden’s colobus or green colobus is a primate species in the Cercopithecidae family.
- Its name in English refers to its opaque olive-colored upper parts.
- The smallest and darkest of all African colobus monkeys, Procolobus verus, sports olive fur with a brown tint on top and grayish underparts.
- Weights vary from 2 to 4.5 kg, and body lengths of 9 to 43 cm are reported.
- Olive colobus monkeys have a body structure similar to black and white colobus monkeys. Still, olive colobus monkeys have a small crest on their heads and the smallest thumbs and largest feet of any colobus.
- Males are the same size as females, with relatively larger canines than females.
