Theropithecus I. Geoffroy, 1843 . Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 1841, 2:576.

TYPE SPECIES: Macacus gelada Riippell, 1835 .

SYNONYMS: Gelada .

COMMENTS: Considered a distinct genus by Cronin and Meikle (1979:259). Van Gelder (1977b:8) included this genus in Cercopithecus .