Colobus Illiger, 1811 . Prodr. Syst. Mamm. Avium., p. 69.

TYPE SPECIES: Simia polycomos Schreber, 1800 (= Cebus polykomos Zimmerman, 1780).

SYNONYMS: Colobolus, Guereza, Pterycolobus, Stachycolobus .

COMMENTS: Does not include Procolobus, see Groves (1989).