CERCOPITHECIDAE, Gray, 1821
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6867065 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6863135 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CE199B17-FFC1-FFC4-FE5A-67A4F784FA66 |
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Jonas |
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CERCOPITHECIDAE |
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Family CERCOPITHECIDAE View in CoL
(OLD WORLD MONKEYS)
• Medium-sized to large monkeys with long trunk,ischial callosities, narrow nasal opening and palate, daggerlike canines, molars with two ridges, and tail lacking or short in some, long in most; males usually larger than females.
• 90-180 cm. View Figure
• Palearctic, Afrotropical, and Indo-Malayan Regions View Figure
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• ‘Tropical and subtropical forests, tropical and subtropical savanna woodland, temperate woodland, arid shrubland, and semi-desert from sea level to 4000 m.
• 23 genera, 159 species, 269 taxa
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• 18 species Critically Endangered, 40 species Endangered, 31 species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600
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