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Cercopithecini

Osteichthyes - Primates - Cercopithecidae

Taxonomy
Cercopithecini was named by Gray (1825) [not the same as the "tribe" Cercopithecina of Gray 1825; authorship based on principle of coordination]. It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Xing et al. (2005).

It was assigned to Cercopithecinae by Jablonski (2002), Xing et al. (2005), Plavcan et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Cercopithecini Gray
2002Cercopithecini Jablonski
2005Cercopithecini Xing et al.
2019Cercopithecini Plavcan et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—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
tribeCercopitheciniGray 1825
tribeCercopitheciniGray 1825

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.

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]
Cercopithecus schmidti Matschie 1892
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
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, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pleistocene23.04 - 0.0117Ethiopia Cercopithecus sp. (22128)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Kenya (Turkana District) Nanopithecus browni (198275)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Ethiopia Cercopithecus sp. (22175)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Ethiopia Cercopithecoidea indet. (21754)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Malawi Cercopithecus sp. (22559)
Zanclean - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774Kenya Cercopithecus sp. (21369)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Ethiopia Cercopithecus oswaldi (22560 22564)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Ethiopia Cercopithecus sp. (21608)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Kenya Cercopithecus sp. (21519)
Piacenzian - Calabrian3.6 - 0.774Kenya Cercopithecus aethiops (21490)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Ethiopia Cercopithecus sp. (21617 21632 21681 22009)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Africa Cercopithecus sp. (21920)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Kenya Cercopithecus sp. (38039)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0South Africa Cercopithecus aethiops (21949)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Cercopithecus sp. (22074)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya Cercopithecus sp. (21526)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Ethiopia Cercopithecus aethiops (22129 22156) Cercopithecus sp. (22138 22169)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kenya Cercopithecus aethiops (22276)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cote D'Ivoire Cercopithecus aethiops, Erythrocebus patas (21692)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Kenya Cercopithecus mitis (21933)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Sudan Cercopithecus aethiops (208787) Cercopithecus sp. (21903)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Eswatini Cercopithecus aethiops (21927 21955)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Zambia Cercopithecus aethiops (21894 21895)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Cercopithecus sp. (22073)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Cercopithecus aethiops (21690)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (N. Transraal) Cercopithecus pygerythrus (21693)