Theropithecus I. Geoffroy, 1843

Colin P. Groves, 1993, Order Primates, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 243-277 : 269

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7353122

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7280890

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scientific name

Theropithecus I. Geoffroy, 1843
status

 

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

TYPE SPECIES: Macacus gelada Riippell, 1835 View in CoL .

SYNONYMS: Gelada .

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

Cronin, J. E., and W. E. Meikle. 1979. The phylogenetic position of Theropithecus: Congruence among molecular, morphological, and palaeontological evidence. Systematic Zoology, 28: 259 - 269.

Van Gelder, R. G. 1977 b. Mammalian hybrids and generic limits. American Museum Novitates, 2635: 1 - 25.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Primates

Family

Cercopithecidae