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Cercopithecinae

Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Cercopithecinae Frost
2002Cercopithecinae Jablonski
2005Cercopithecinae Wilson and Reeder
2005Cercopithecinae Xing et al.
2007Cercopithecinae Gilbert
2008Cercopithecinae Osterholz et al. p. 2
2010Cercopithecinae Jablonski and Frost
2013Cercopithecinae Gilbert
2019Cercopithecinae Plavcan et al.
2020Cercopithecinae Frost et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
Euarchonta
orderPrimates
infraorderHaplorhini(Pocock 1918)
Anthropoidea(Mivart 1864)
infraorderCatarrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
superfamilyCercopithecoidea
familyCercopithecidae
subfamilyCercopithecinae
subfamilyCercopithecinae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Tr. Cercopithecini Gray 1825
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G. Allenopithecus Lang 1923
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G. Allochrocebus Elliot 1913 [terrestrial guenons]
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Allochrocebus lhoesti Sclater 1899
Allochrocebus preussi Matschie 1898 [Preuss's Guenon]
Allochrocebus solatus Harrison 1988
G. Cercopithecus Linnaeus 1758
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Cercopithecus albogularis Sykes 1831 [Sykes' monkey]
Cercopithecus ascanius Audebert 1799
Cercopithecus campbelli Waterhouse 1838
Cercopithecus cephus Linnaeus 1758 [moustached guenon]
Cercopithecus denti Thomas 1907
Cercopithecus diana Linnaeus 1758 [Diana monkey]
Cercopithecus dryas Schwartz 1932
Cercopithecus erythrotis Waterhouse 1838 [red-eared guenon]
Cercopithecus kandti Matschie 1905
Cercopithecus lomamiensis Hart et al. 2012 [lesula]
Cercopithecus lowei Thomas 1923
Cercopithecus mitis Wolf 1822 [blue monkey]
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Cercopithecus mitis boutourlini Giglioli 1888 [Boutourlini's blue monkey]
Cercopithecus mona Schreber 1774
Cercopithecus nictitans Linnaeus 1766 [greater spot-nosed monkey]
Cercopithecus pygerythrus Cuvier 1821 [vervet monkey]
Cercopithecus roloway Schreber 1774
Cercopithecus sabaeus Linnaeus 1766 [green monkey]
Invalid names: Cercopithecus mitis omensis Thomas 1901 [synonym], Lasiopyga Illiger 1811 [synonym]
G. Chlorocebus Gray 1870
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Chlorocebus aethiops Linnaeus 1758 [vervet monkey]
Chlorocebus cynosuros Scopoli 1786
Chlorocebus pygerythrus Cuvier 1821 [vervet monkey]
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Chlorocebus sabaeus Linnaeus 1766 [green monkey]
G. Erythrocebus Trouessart 1897
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Erythrocebus patas Schreber 1775 [patas monkey]
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Invalid names: Cercopithecus ruber Gmelin 1788 [synonym]
G. Miopithecus Geoffroy 1842 [talapoin]
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Miopithecus ogouensis Kingdon 1997
Miopithecus talapoin von Schreber 1774
G. †Nanopithecus Plavcan et al. 2019
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Nanopithecus browni Plavcan et al. 2019
G. Mandrillus Ritgen 1824
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Mandrillus leucophaeus Cuvier 1807 [drill]
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Invalid names: Simia (Papio) cinerea Kerr 1792 [synonym], Simia (Papio) sylvicola Kerr 1792 [synonym], Simia (Papio) uvea Kerr 1792 [synonym], Simia (Papio) variegata Kerr 1792 [synonym], Simia silvestris Schreber 1800 [synonym], Simia sylvestris Link 1795 [synonym]
Mandrillus sphinx Linnaeus 1758 [mandrill]
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Invalid names: Simia maimon Linnaeus 1766 [synonym], Simia mormon Alströmer 1766 [synonym]
Invalid names: Chaeropithecus Gray 1870 [synonym], Drill Reichenbach 1862 [synonym], Maimon Trouessart 1904 [synonym], Mandril Voigt 1831 [synonym], Mormon Wagner 1839 [synonym]
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G. Macaca Lacépède 1799 [macaque]
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Macaca anderssoni Schlosser 1924
Macaca arctoides Geoffroy 1831 [stump-tailed macaque]
Macaca assamensis MacClelland 1839
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Invalid names: Macacus (Pithex) pelops Hodgson 1840 [synonym], Macacus problematicus Gray 1870 [synonym], Macacus rhesosimilis Sclater 1872 [synonym]
Macaca cyclopis Swinhoe 1863 [Formosan rock macaque]
Macaca fascicularis Raffles 1822 [crab eating macaque]
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Invalid names: Macacus irus Blanford 1887 [synonym]
Macaca florentina Cocchi 1872
Macaca fuscata Blyth 1875
Macaca hecki Matschie 1901
Macaca jiangchuanensis Pan et al. 1992
Macaca leonina Blyth 1863
Macaca leucogenys Li et al. 2015
Macaca libyca Stromer 1920
Macaca maura Schinz 1825
Macaca mordax Thomas and Wroughton 1909
Macaca mulatta Zimmermann 1780 [rhesus monkey]
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Invalid names: Macacus (Pithex) oinops Hodgson 1840 [synonym], Simia (Cercopithecus) fulvus Kerr 1792 [synonym], Simia erythraea Shaw 1800 [synonym], Simia rhesus Audebert 1798 [synonym]
Macaca munzala Sinha et al. 2005
Macaca nemestrina Linnaeus 1766 [southern pig-tailed macaque]
Macaca nigra Desmarest 1822 [Celebes crested macaque]
Macaca nigrescens Temminck 1849
Macaca ochreata Ogilby 1841
Macaca pagensis Miller 1903
Macaca phaeura Miller 1903
Macaca prisca Gervais 1859
Macaca radiata Geoffroy 1812 [bonnet macaque]
Macaca siberu Fuentes and Olson 1995
Macaca silenus Linnaeus 1758 [lion-tailed macaque]
Macaca sinica Linnaeus 1771 [toque macaque]
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Invalid names: Cynamolgus (Zati) audeberti Reichenbach 1862 [synonym]
Macaca sylvanus Linnaeus 1758 [Barbary macaque]
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Invalid names: Simia inuus Linnaeus 1766 [synonym]
Macaca thibetana Milne-Edwards 1870 [Tibetan macaque]
Macaca tonkeana Meyer 1899
Subg. Macacus (Pithex) Hodgson 1840
Macacus cynomolgus Schreber 1775
Macacus eocaenus Owen 1846
Macacus priscus Gervais 1859
Macacus robustus Young
Macacus sivalensus Lydekker 1878
Invalid names: Eopithecus [synonym]
Subtr. Macacina Owen 1843
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G. †Paradolichopithecus Necrasov et al. 1961
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Paradolichopithecus gansuensis Qiu et al. 2004
Paradolichopithecus geticus Necrasov et al. 1961
G. †Procynocephalus Schlosser 1924
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Procynocephalus wimani Schlosser 1924
Subtr. Papionina
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G. Cercocebus Geoffroy 1812
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Cercocebus agilis Milne-Edwards 1886
Cercocebus atys Audebert 1799
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Invalid names: Cercocebus fuliginosus Geoffroy 1812 [synonym]
Cercocebus lunulatus Temminck 1853
Cercocebus sanjei Mittermeier 1986
Cercocebus torquatus Kerr 1792 [collared mangabey]
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Invalid names: Cercocebus collaris Gray 1843 [objective synonym]
G. †Dinopithecus Broom 1936
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Dinopithecus ingens Broom 1937
G. †Gorgopithecus Broom and Robinson 1949
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Gorgopithecus major Broom 1940
G. Lophocebus Palmer 1903 [crested mangabey]
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Lophocebus albigena Gray 1850 [gray-cheeked mangabey]
Lophocebus aterrimus Oudemans 1890
Lophocebus johnstoni Lydekker 1900
Lophocebus opdenboschi Scouteden 1944
Lophocebus osmani Groves 1978
Lophocebus ugandae Matschie 1912
G. Papio Erxleben 1777 [baboon]
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Subg. Papio (Inuus) Matschie 1901
Papio anubis Cuvier 1824 [olive baboon]
Papio anubis doguera Pucheran 1856
Papio cynocephalus Linnaeus 1766 [yellow baboon]
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Invalid names: Papio ruhei Zukowsky 1942 [synonym]
Papio hamadryas Linnaeus 1758 [Hamadryas baboon]
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Invalid names: Cercopithecus hamadryas Kerr 1792 [synonym], Simia cynamolgos Linnaeus 1758 [synonym]
Papio izodi Gear 1926
Papio kindae Lönnberg 1919
Papio papio Desmarest 1820 [Guinea baboon]
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Invalid names: Cynocephalus olivaceus Geoffroy 1848 [synonym]
Papio porcarius Boddaert 1787
Papio quadratirostris Iwamoto 1982
Papio robinsoni Freedman 1957
Papio thoth Ogilby 1843
Papio ursinus Kerr 1792
Invalid names: Cynocephalus Cuvier and Geoffroy 1795 [synonym]
G. †Parapapio Jones 1937
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Parapapio ado Hopwood 1936
Parapapio angusticeps Broom 1940
Parapapio antiquus Haughton 1925
Parapapio broomi Jones 1937
Parapapio jonesi Broom 1940
Parapapio lothagamensis Leakey et al. 2003
Parapapio whitei Broom 1940
G. Theropithecus Geoffroy 1843 [gelada]
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Theropithecus darti Broom and Jepsen 1946
Theropithecus gelada Rüppell 1835 [gelada]
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Invalid names: Gelada ruppellii Gray 1843 [synonym]
Theropithecus oswaldi Andrews 1916
Invalid names: Gelada Gray 1843 [synonym], Simopithecus Andrews 1916 [synonym]
G. †Pliopapio Frost 2001
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Pliopapio alemui Frost 2001
G. †Procercocebus Gilbert 2007
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Procercocebus antiquus Gilbert 2007
G. †Soromandrillus Gilbert 2013
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealf
Diet: frugivoref
Diet 2: folivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:20:00
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 11.60800 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 7.246 Ma

Collections (375 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pleistocene23.03 - 0.0117Ethiopia Cercopithecus sp. (22128)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246China (Yunnan) Macaca sp. (11798)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Kenya Parapapio lothagamensis (22241 22243)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6Ethiopia Macaca sp. (22179) Macaca sp., Parapapio lothagamensis (22139)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6Kenya Cercocebus sp., Parapapio sp. (22236)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Algeria Macaca sp. (34642)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Algeria (Oran) Macaca flandrini (136913)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) Macaca indet. (199860)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Kenya Parapapio lothagamensis (22242)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588Kenya (Turkana District) Cercocebus sp., Parapapio sp. (21332)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588Kenya Parapapio sp. (22237)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Spain (Murcia) Macaca sp. (185681)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ethiopia Parapapio sp. (22135)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Kenya Theropithecus sp., Parapapio ado (232486)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Kenya (Turkana District) Theropithecus sp., Parapapio ado, Nanopithecus browni (198275)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya Papionini indet. (22277) Papionini indet., Parapapio ado (22234) Parapapio sp. (22338) Theropithecus brumpti (21428)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Ethiopia Cercocebus sp., Cercopithecus sp. (22175) Cercopithecinae indet. (22176) Parapapio sp. (22160) Parapapio sp., Theropithecus sp., Theropithecus oswaldi (22133) Theropithecus oswaldi (22131) Theropithecus sp. (22174)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya (Turkana District) Parapapio jonesi (21336)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ethiopia (Afar) Papio sp., Theropithecus sp. (70907)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Kenya Parapapio sp. (22321) Theropithecus brumpti (201489)