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Old World monkey

Index Old World monkey

The Old World monkeys or Cercopithecidae are a family of catarrhines, the only family in the superfamily Cercopithecoidea in the clade (or parvorder) of Catarrhini. [1]

196 relations: Aegyptopithecus, Africa, Agile mangabey, Allen's swamp monkey, Angola colobus, Angolan talapoin, Ape, Arboreal locomotion, Arunachal macaque, Asia, Assam macaque, Baboon, Bale Mountains vervet, Banded surili, Barbary macaque, Barbary macaques in Gibraltar, Black colobus, Black crested mangabey, Black snub-nosed monkey, Black-and-white colobus, Black-footed gray langur, Black-shanked douc, Blue monkey, Blue Nile patas monkey, Bonnet macaque, Booted macaque, Campbell's mona monkey, Capped langur, Catarrhini, Celebes crested macaque, Central African red colobus, Cercopithecinae, Cercopithecini, Chacma baboon, Chlorocebus, Clade, Cladistics, Collared mangabey, Colobinae, Crab-eating macaque, Crested mangabey, Crested mona monkey, De Brazza's monkey, Delacour's langur, Dent's mona monkey, Dentition, Diana monkey, Douc, Drill (animal), Dryas monkey, ..., Dusky leaf monkey, Europe, Family (biology), Formosan rock macaque, François' langur, Gabon talapoin, Gee's golden langur, Gelada, Genus, Gestation, Gibraltar, Golden monkey, Golden snub-nosed monkey, Golden-bellied mangabey, Gorontalo macaque, Gray langur, Gray snub-nosed monkey, Gray-shanked douc, Greater spot-nosed monkey, Green monkey, Grey-cheeked mangabey, Grivet, Guenon, Guinea baboon, Hamadryas baboon, Hamlyn's monkey, Hatinh langur, Heck's macaque, Hose's langur, Indochinese black langur, Indochinese lutung, Japanese macaque, Javan lutung, Javan surili, Johnston's mangabey, Kashmir gray langur, King colobus, Kipunji, L'Hoest's monkey, Laotian langur, Lesser spot-nosed monkey, Lesula, Lilac (color), Lion-tailed macaque, List of Old World monkey species, List of primates by population, Lowe's mona monkey, Lutung, Macaque, Malbrouck, Mandrill, Mandrillus, Mantled guereza, Maroon leaf monkey, Matrilineality, Mentawai langur, Mesopithecus, Mona monkey, Monkey, Moor macaque, Moustached guenon, Myanmar snub-nosed monkey, Natuna Island surili, Nepal gray langur, New World monkey, Niger Delta red colobus, Nilgiri langur, Northern pig-tailed macaque, Northern plains gray langur, Olive baboon, Olive colobus, Omnivore, Opdenbosch's mangabey, Order (biology), Osman Hill's mangabey, Pagai Island macaque, Papionini, Paraphyly, Parapithecidae, Patas monkey, Penis, Pennant's colobus, Phayre's leaf monkey, Pig-tailed langur, Prehensile tail, Preuss's monkey, Preuss's red colobus, Proboscis monkey, Procolobus, Purple-faced langur, Rainforest, Red colobus, Red-eared guenon, Red-shanked douc, Red-tailed monkey, Rhesus macaque, Rhizome, Roloway monkey, Sanje mangabey, Sarawak surili, Savanna, Sclater's guenon, Scrotum, Shortridge's langur, Shrubland, Siberut macaque, Silver monkey, Silvery lutung, Snub-nosed monkey, Sooty mangabey, Southern pig-tailed macaque, Southern plains gray langur, Stump-tailed macaque, Subfamily, Sumatran surili, Sun-tailed monkey, Surili, Sykes' monkey, Talapoin, Tana River mangabey, Tana River red colobus, Tantalus monkey, Tarai gray langur, Taxonomic rank, Tenasserim lutung, Thollon's red colobus, Thomas's langur, Tibetan macaque, Tonkean macaque, Tonkin snub-nosed monkey, Toque macaque, Tufted gray langur, Udzungwa red colobus, Uganda mangabey, Ugandan red colobus, Ursine colobus, Vervet monkey, Western red colobus, White-eyelid mangabey, White-fronted surili, White-headed langur, White-thighed surili, White-throated guenon, Wolf's mona monkey, Yellow baboon, Zanzibar red colobus. Expand index (146 more) »

Aegyptopithecus

Aegyptopithecus, which means "Egyptian Monkey", from Greek Αίγυπτος (Egypt) and πίθηκος (ape or monkey), is an early fossil catarrhine that predates the divergence between hominoids (apes and humans) and cercopithecids (Old World monkeys).

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Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most-populous continent (behind Asia in both categories).

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Agile mangabey

The agile mangabey (Cercocebus agilis) is an Old World monkey of the white-eyelid mangabey group found in swampy forests of Central Africa in Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, and DR Congo.

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Allen's swamp monkey

The Allen's swamp monkey (Allenopithecus nigroviridis) is a primate species categorized in its own genus Allenopithecus in the Old World monkey family.

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Angola colobus

The Angola colobus, Angolan black-and-white colobus, or Angolan colobus (Colobus angolensis) is an arboreal Old World monkey belonging to the genus Colobus.

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Angolan talapoin

The Angolan talapoin (Miopithecus talapoin), also known as the southern talapoin, is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae.

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Ape

Apes (Hominoidea) are a branch of Old World tailless anthropoid primates native to Africa and Southeast Asia.

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Arboreal locomotion

Arboreal locomotion is the locomotion of animals in trees.

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Arunachal macaque

The Arunachal macaque (Macaca munzala), a relatively large brown primate with a comparatively short tail, is a macaque native to Arunachal Pradesh in northeastern India.

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Asia

Asia is Earth's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the Eastern and Northern Hemispheres.

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Assam macaque

The Assam macaque (Macaca assamensis) is a macaque of the Old World monkey family native to South and Southeast Asia.

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Baboon

Baboons are Old World monkeys belonging to the genus Papio, part of the subfamily Cercopithecinae which are found natively in very specific areas of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.

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Bale Mountains vervet

The Bale Mountains vervet (Chlorocebus djamdjamensis) is a terrestrial Old World monkey endemic to Ethiopia, found in the bamboo forests of the Bale Mountains.

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Banded surili

The banded surili (Presbytis femoralis), also known as the banded leaf monkey or banded langur, is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae.

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Barbary macaque

The Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus), also known as Barbary ape or magot, is a species of macaque unique for its distribution outside Asia.

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Barbary macaques in Gibraltar

The Barbary Macaque population in Gibraltar is the only wild monkey population in the European continent.

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Black colobus

The black colobus (Colobus satanas), or satanic black colobus, is a species of Old World monkey belonging to the genus Colobus.

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Black crested mangabey

The black crested mangabey (Lophocebus aterrimus) is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae.

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Black snub-nosed monkey

The black snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti), also known as the Yunnan snub-nosed monkey, is an endangered species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae.

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Black-and-white colobus

Black-and-white colobuses (or colobi) are Old World monkeys of the genus Colobus, native to Africa.

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Black-footed gray langur

The black-footed gray langur (Semnopithecus hypoleucos) is an Old World monkey, one of the species of langurs.

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Black-shanked douc

The black-shanked douc (Pygathrix nigripes) is an endangered species of douc found in forests of Vietnam and eastern Cambodia.

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Blue monkey

The blue monkey or diademed monkey (Cercopithecus mitis) is a species of Old World monkey native to Central and East Africa, ranging from the upper Congo River basin east to the East African Rift and south to northern Angola and Zambia.

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Blue Nile patas monkey

The Blue Nile patas monkey (Erythrocebus poliophaeus) is a species of Old World monkey found in Africa along the Blue Nile river valley.

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Bonnet macaque

The bonnet macaque also known as zatiChambers English Dictionary (Macaca radiata) is a macaque endemic to southern India.

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Booted macaque

The booted macaque (Macaca ochreata) is a macaque of the Sulawesi Island, Indonesia.

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Campbell's mona monkey

The Campbell's mona monkey, also known as Campbell's guenon and Campbell's monkey, (Cercopithecus campbelli), is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae found in the Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Senegal, and Sierra Leone.

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Capped langur

The capped langur (Trachypithecus pileatus) is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae.

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Catarrhini

Catarrhini is one of the two subdivisions of the simians, the other being the plathyrrhine (New World monkeys).

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Celebes crested macaque

The Celebes crested macaque (Macaca nigra), also known as the crested black macaque, Sulawesi crested macaque, or the black ape, is an Old World monkey that lives in the Tangkoko reserve in the northeastern tip of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi (Celebes), as well as on smaller neighboring islands.

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Central African red colobus

The Central African red colobus (Procolobus foai) is an Old World monkey in the family Cercopithecidae.

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Cercopithecinae

The Cercopithecinae are a subfamily of the Old World monkeys, which comprises roughly 71 species, including the baboons, the macaques, and the vervet monkeys.

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Cercopithecini

Cercopithecini is a tribe of Old World monkey that includes several monkey species, including the vervet monkeys, talapoins and the guenons, all in Africa.

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Chacma baboon

The chacma baboon (Papio ursinus), also known as the Cape baboon, is, like all other baboons, from the Old World monkey family.

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Chlorocebus

Chlorocebus is a genus of medium-sized primates from the family of Old World monkeys.

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Clade

A clade (from κλάδος, klados, "branch"), also known as monophyletic group, is a group of organisms that consists of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants, and represents a single "branch" on the "tree of life".

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Cladistics

Cladistics (from Greek κλάδος, cládos, i.e., "branch") is an approach to biological classification in which organisms are categorized in groups ("clades") based on the most recent common ancestor.

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Collared mangabey

The collared mangabey (Cercocebus torquatus), also known as the red-capped mangabey, or the white-collared mangabey (leading to easy confusion with ''Cercocebus atys lunulatus''), is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae of Old World monkeys.

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Colobinae

The Colobinae are a subfamily of the Old World monkey family that includes 61 species in 11 genera, including the black-and-white colobus, the large-nosed proboscis monkey, and the gray langurs.

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Crab-eating macaque

The crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis), also known as the long-tailed macaque, is a cercopithecine primate native to Southeast Asia.

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Crested mangabey

The crested mangabeys are West-African Old World monkeys belonging to the genus Lophocebus.

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Crested mona monkey

The crested mona monkey, also known as the crowned guenon, crowned monkey, golden-bellied guenon, or golden-bellied monkey, (Cercopithecus pogonias), is a species of African primate in the family Cercopithecidae found in west central Africa.

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De Brazza's monkey

The De Brazza's monkey (Cercopithecus neglectus) is an Old World monkey endemic to the wetlands of central Africa.

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Delacour's langur

The Delacour's langur, or Delacour's lutung, (Trachypithecus delacouri) is a critically endangered species of lutung endemic to northern Vietnam.

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Dent's mona monkey

The Dent's mona monkey (Cercopithecus denti) is an Old World monkey in the family Cercopithecidae.

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Dentition

Dentition pertains to the development of teeth and their arrangement in the mouth.

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Diana monkey

The Diana monkey (Cercopithecus diana) is an Old World monkey found in West Africa, from Sierra Leone to Côte d'Ivoire.

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Douc

The doucs or douc langurs make up the genus Pygathrix, which consists of these 3 species.

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Drill (animal)

The drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus) is a primate of the family Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys), related to baboons and even more closely to mandrills.

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Dryas monkey

The Dryas monkey (Cercopithecus dryas), also known as Salonga monkey or ekele, is a little-known species of guenon found only in the Congo Basin, restricted to the left bank of the Congo River.

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Dusky leaf monkey

The dusky leaf monkey, spectacled langur, or spectacled leaf monkey (Trachypithecus obscurus) is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Family (biology)

In biological classification, family (familia, plural familiae) is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks; it is classified between order and genus.

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Formosan rock macaque

The Formosan rock macaque (Macaca cyclopis), Formosan rock monkey, or Taiwanese macaque, is a macaque endemic to the island of Taiwan and has been introduced to Japan.

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François' langur

The François' langur (Trachypithecus francoisi), also known as the Francois' leaf monkey, Tonkin leaf monkey, or white side-burned black langur is a species of lutung and the type species of its species group.

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Gabon talapoin

The Gabon talapoin (Miopithecus ogouensis), also known as the northern talapoin, is a small species of African monkey in the family Cercopithecidae.

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Gee's golden langur

Gee's golden langur (Trachypithecus geei), or simply the golden langur, is an Old World monkey found in a small region of western Assam, India and in the neighboring foothills of the Black Mountains of Bhutan.

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Gelada

The gelada (Theropithecus gelada, translit), sometimes called the bleeding-heart monkey or the gelada baboon, is a species of Old World monkey found only in the Ethiopian Highlands, with large populations in the Semien Mountains.

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Genus

A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.

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Gestation

Gestation is the carrying of an embryo or fetus inside viviparous animals.

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Gibraltar

Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula.

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Golden monkey

The golden monkey (Cercopithecus kandti) is a species of Old World monkey found in the Virunga volcanic mountains of Central Africa, including four national parks: Mgahinga, in south-west Uganda; Volcanoes, in north-west Rwanda; and Virunga and Kahuzi-Biéga, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Golden snub-nosed monkey

The golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana) is an Old World monkey in the Colobinae subfamily.

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Golden-bellied mangabey

The golden-bellied mangabey (Cercocebus chrysogaster) is a social Old World monkey found in swampy, humid forests south of the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Gorontalo macaque

The Gorontalo macaque or Dumoga-Bone macaque (Macaca nigrescens) is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae.

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Gray langur

Gray langurs or Hanuman langurs, the most widespread langurs of the Indian Subcontinent, are a group of Old World monkeys constituting the entirety of the genus Semnopithecus (from Ancient Greek σεμνός semnós, “revered, august, holy”, and πίθηκος píthēkos, “ape, monkey”).

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Gray snub-nosed monkey

The gray snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus brelichi), also known as Brelich's snub-nosed monkey, Guizhou snub-nosed monkey, and Guizhou golden monkey, is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae.

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Gray-shanked douc

The grey-shanked douc langur (Pygathrix cinerea) is a douc species native to the Vietnamese provinces of Quảng Nam, Quảng Ngãi, Bình Định, Kon Tum, and Gia Lai.

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Greater spot-nosed monkey

The greater spot-nosed monkey or putty-nosed monkey (Cercopithecus nictitans) is one of the smallest Old World monkeys.

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Green monkey

The green monkey (Chlorocebus sabaeus), also known as the sabaeus monkey or the callithrix monkey, is an Old World monkey with golden-green fur and pale hands and feet.

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Grey-cheeked mangabey

The grey-cheeked mangabey (Lophocebus albigena), also known as the white-cheeked mangabey, is an Old World monkey found in the forests of Central Africa.

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Grivet

The grivet (Chlorocebus aethiops), also known as African green monkey and savannah monkey is an Old World monkey with long white tufts of hair along the sides of the face.

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Guenon

The guenons are the genus Cercopithecus of Old World monkeys.

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Guinea baboon

The Guinea baboon (Papio papio) is a baboon from the Old World monkey family.

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Hamadryas baboon

The hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas) is a species of baboon from the Old World monkey family.

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Hamlyn's monkey

The Hamlyn's monkey (Cercopithecus hamlyni), also known as the owl-faced monkey, is a species of Old World monkey that inhabits the bamboo and primary rainforests of the Congo.

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Hatinh langur

The Hatinh langur (Trachypithecus hatinhensis) is a highly threatened Old World monkey found in limestone forests in Vietnam, primarily in the Quảng Bình Province.

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Heck's macaque

The Heck's macaque (Macaca hecki) is a macaque of Sulawesi, Indonesia.

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Hose's langur

The Hose's langur (Presbytis hosei) is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae.

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Indochinese black langur

The Indochinese black langur (Trachypithecus ebenus) is a poorly known lutung native to Laos and adjacent Vietnam.

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Indochinese lutung

The Indochinese lutung (Trachypithecus germaini) is a lutung native to Thailand, Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.

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Japanese macaque

The Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata), also known as the snow monkey, is a terrestrial Old World monkey species that is native to Japan.

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Javan lutung

The Javan lutung (Trachypithecus auratus), also known as the ebony lutung and Javan langur, is an Old World monkey from the Colobinae subfamily.

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Javan surili

The Javan surili (Presbytis comata) is an endangered species of Old World monkey endemic to the western half of Java, Indonesia, a biodiversity hotspot.

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Johnston's mangabey

The Johnston’s mangabey (Lophocebus johnstoni) is a species of crested mangabey in the family Cercopithecidae.

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Kashmir gray langur

The Kashmir gray langur (Semnopithecus ajax) is an Old World monkey, one of the langur species.

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King colobus

The king colobus (Colobus polykomos), also known as the western black-and-white colobus, is a species of Old World monkey, found in lowland and mountain rain forests in a region stretching from Senegal, through Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia to the Ivory Coast.

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Kipunji

The kipunji (Rungwecebus kipunji), also known as the highland mangabey, is a species of Old World monkey that lives in the highland forests of Tanzania.

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L'Hoest's monkey

The L'Hoest's monkey (Cercopithecus lhoesti), or mountain monkey, is a guenon found in the upper eastern Congo basin.

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Laotian langur

The Laotian langur or white-browed black langur (Trachypithecus laotum) is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae.

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Lesser spot-nosed monkey

The lesser spot-nosed monkey, lesser spot-nosed guenon, lesser white-nosed guenon, or lesser white-nosed monkey (Cercopithecus petaurista) is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae.

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Lesula

The lesula (Cercopithecus lomamiensis) is a species of Old World monkey in the guenon family, found in the Lomami Basin of the Congo.

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Lilac (color)

Lilac is a color that is a pale violet tone representing the average color of most lilac flowers.

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Lion-tailed macaque

The lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus), or the wanderoo, is an Old World monkey endemic to the Western Ghats of South India.

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List of Old World monkey species

Old World monkeys are all simian primates.

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List of primates by population

This is a list of primate species by estimated global population.

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Lowe's mona monkey

The Lowe's mona monkey (Cercopithecus lowei) is an Old World monkey in the family Cercopithecidae found from the Ivory Coast to Ghana.

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Lutung

The lutungs are a group of Old World monkeys and make up the entirety of the genus Trachypithecus.

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Macaque

The macaques (or pronunciation by Oxford Dictionaries) constitute a genus (Macaca) of Old World monkeys of the subfamily Cercopithecinae.

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Malbrouck

The malbrouck (Chlorocebus cynosuros) is an Old World primate from Africa that belongs to the genus Chlorocebus.

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Mandrill

The mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) is a primate of the Old World monkey (Cercopithecidae) family.

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Mandrillus

Mandrillus is the genus of the mandrill and its close relative the drill.

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Mantled guereza

The mantled guereza (Colobus guereza), also known simply as the guereza, the eastern black-and-white colobus, or the Abyssinian black-and-white colobus, is a black-and-white colobus, a type of Old World monkey.

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Maroon leaf monkey

The maroon langur, maroon leaf monkey, or red leaf monkey (Presbytis rubicunda) belongs within the order Primate and the family Cercopithecidae.

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Matrilineality

Matrilineality is the tracing of descent through the female line.

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Mentawai langur

The Mentawai langur (Presbytis potenziani) is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae.

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Mesopithecus

Mesopithecus ("middle monkey") is an extinct genus of Old World monkey that lived in Europe and western Asia 7 to 5 million years ago.

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Mona monkey

The mona monkey (Cercopithecus mona) is an Old World monkey that lives in western Africa between Ghana and Cameroon.

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Monkey

Monkeys are non-hominoid simians, generally possessing tails and consisting of about 260 known living species.

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Moor macaque

The moor macaque (Macaca maura) is a macaque with brown/black body fur with a pale rump patch and pink bare skin on the rump.

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Moustached guenon

The moustached guenon or moustached monkey (Cercopithecus cephus) is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae.

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Myanmar snub-nosed monkey

The Myanmar snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus strykeri) is a critically threatened species of colobine monkey discovered in 2010 in northern Burma (Myanmar).

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Natuna Island surili

The Natuna Island surili (Presbytis natunae) is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae.

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Nepal gray langur

Nepal gray langur (Semnopithecus schistaceus) is a gray langur endemic to the Himalayas in Nepal, far southwestern Tibet, northern India, northern Pakistan, Bhutan and possibly Afghanistan.

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New World monkey

New World monkeys are the five families of primates that are found in the tropical regions of Central and South America and Mexico: Callitrichidae, Cebidae, Aotidae, Pitheciidae, and Atelidae.

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Niger Delta red colobus

The Niger Delta red colobus (Piliocolobus epieni) is a critically endangered species of colobus monkey endemic to the western part of the Niger Delta.

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Nilgiri langur

The Nilgiri langur (Trachypithecus johnii) is a lutung (a type of Old World monkey) found in the Nilgiri Hills of the Western Ghats in South India.

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Northern pig-tailed macaque

The northern pig-tailed macaque (Macaca leonina) is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae.

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Northern plains gray langur

The northern plains gray langur (Semnopithecus entellus) is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae.

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Olive baboon

The olive baboon (Papio anubis), also called the Anubis baboon, is a member of the family Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys).

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Olive colobus

The olive colobus monkey (Procolobus verus), also known as the green colobus or Van Beneden's colobus, is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae.

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Omnivore

Omnivore is a consumption classification for animals that have the capability to obtain chemical energy and nutrients from materials originating from plant and animal origin.

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Opdenbosch's mangabey

The Opdenbosch's mangabey (Lophocebus opdenboschi) is a species of crested mangabey in the family Cercopithecidae.

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Order (biology)

In biological classification, the order (ordo) is.

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Osman Hill's mangabey

The Osman Hill's mangabey (Lophocebus osmani), also known as the rusty-mantled mangabey, is a species of crested mangabey in the family Cercopithecidae with a restricted distribution in West Africa.

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Pagai Island macaque

The Pagai Island macaque (Macaca pagensis), also known as the Pagai macaque or Bokkoi, is an Old World monkey endemic to the Mentawai Islands off the west coast of Sumatra.

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Papionini

The Papionini are a tribe of Old World monkeys that includes several large monkey species, including the macaques, baboons and the mandrill.

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Paraphyly

In taxonomy, a group is paraphyletic if it consists of the group's last common ancestor and all descendants of that ancestor excluding a few—typically only one or two—monophyletic subgroups.

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Parapithecidae

Parapithecidae is an extinct family of primates which lived in the Eocene and Oligocene periods in Egypt.

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Patas monkey

The patas monkey (Erythrocebus patas), also known as the wadi monkey or hussar monkey, is a ground-dwelling monkey distributed over semi-arid areas of West Africa, and into East Africa.

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Penis

A penis (plural penises or penes) is the primary sexual organ that male animals use to inseminate sexually receptive mates (usually females and hermaphrodites) during copulation.

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Pennant's colobus

Pennant's colobus or Pennant's red colobus (Procolobus pennantii) is a species of tree-dwelling primate in the family Cercopithecidae.

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Phayre's leaf monkey

The Phayre's leaf monkey (Trachypithecus phayrei), also known as Phayre's langur, is a species of lutung found in Southeast Asia.

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Pig-tailed langur

The pig-tailed langur (Simias concolor), monotypic in genus Simias, is a large Old World monkey, endemic to several small islands off the coast of Sumatra in Indonesia.

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Prehensile tail

A prehensile tail is the tail of an animal that has adapted to be able to grasp or hold objects.

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Preuss's monkey

The Preuss's monkey (Cercopithecus preussi), also known as Preuss's guenon, is a diurnal primate that lives terrestrially in mountainous (up to 2500 m) forests of eastern Nigeria, western Cameroon and Bioko in Equatorial Guinea.

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Preuss's red colobus

Preuss's red colobus (Procolobus preussi) is a red colobus primate species endemic to the Cross-Sanaga Rivers ecoregion.

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Proboscis monkey

The proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus) or long-nosed monkey, known as the bekantan in Indonesia, is a reddish-brown arboreal Old World monkey with an unusually large nose.

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Procolobus

Procolobus is the genus of the red colobus monkeys and the olive colobus.

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Purple-faced langur

The purple-faced langur (Trachypithecus vetulus), also known as the purple-faced leaf monkey, is a species of Old World monkey that is endemic to Sri Lanka.

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Rainforest

Rainforests are forests characterized by high rainfall, with annual rainfall in the case of tropical rainforests between, and definitions varying by region for temperate rainforests.

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Red colobus

Red colobuses are Old World monkeys of the subgenus Piliocolobus in the genus Procolobus.

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Red-eared guenon

The red-eared guenon, red-eared monkey, or russet-eared guenon (Cercopithecus erythrotis) is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae.

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Red-shanked douc

The red-shanked douc (Pygathrix nemaeus) is a species of Old World monkey, among the most colourful of all primates.

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Red-tailed monkey

The red-tailed monkey, also known as the black-cheeked white-nosed monkey, red-tailed guenon, redtail monkey, or Schmidt's guenon (Cercopithecus ascanius) is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae.

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Rhesus macaque

The rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) is one of the best-known species of Old World monkeys.

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Rhizome

In botany and dendrology, a rhizome (from script "mass of roots", from rhizóō "cause to strike root") is a modified subterranean stem of a plant that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes.

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Roloway monkey

The roloway monkey (Cercopithecus roloway) is an endangered species of Old World monkey endemic to tropical West Africa.

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Sanje mangabey

The Sanje mangabey (Cercocebus sanjei) is a highly endangered Old World monkey of the white-eyelid mangabey group from Tanzania.

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Sarawak surili

The Sarawak surili (Presbytis chrysomelas) is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae.

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Savanna

A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland grassland ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close.

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Sclater's guenon

The Sclater's guenon (Cercopithecus sclateri), also known as Sclater's monkey and the Nigerian monkey, is an Old World monkey that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1904 and named after Philip Sclater.

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Scrotum

The scrotum is an anatomical male reproductive structure that consists of a suspended dual-chambered sack of skin and smooth muscle that is present in most terrestrial male mammals and located under the penis.

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Shortridge's langur

The Shortridge's langur (Trachypithecus shortridgei) is a lutung native to Burma and China.

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Shrubland

Shrubland, scrubland, scrub, brush, or bush is a plant community characterised by vegetation dominated by shrubs, often also including grasses, herbs, and geophytes.

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Siberut macaque

The Siberut macaque (Macaca siberu) is a vulnerable species of macaque, which is endemic to Siberut Island in Indonesia.

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Silver monkey

The silver monkey (Cercopithecus doggetti) is a species of Old World monkey found primarily in East Africa.

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Silvery lutung

The silvery lutung (Trachypithecus cristatus), also known as the silvered leaf monkey or the silvery langur, is an Old World monkey.

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Snub-nosed monkey

Snub-nosed monkeys are a group of Old World monkeys and make up the entirety of the genus Rhinopithecus.

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Sooty mangabey

The sooty mangabey (Cercocebus atys) is an Old World monkey found in forests from Senegal in a margin along the coast down to Ghana.

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Southern pig-tailed macaque

The southern pig-tailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina), also known as the Sundaland pigtail macaque and Sunda pig-tailed macaque, is a medium-sized macaque that lives in southern Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia. It is known locally as the beruk.

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Southern plains gray langur

The southern plains gray langur (Semnopithecus dussumieri) is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae.

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Stump-tailed macaque

The stump-tailed macaque (Macaca arctoides), also called the bear macaque, is a species of macaque found in South Asia.

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Subfamily

In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: subfamilia, plural subfamiliae) is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus.

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Sumatran surili

The Sumatran surili (Presbytis melalophos) is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae.

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Sun-tailed monkey

The sun-tailed monkey (Cercopithecus solatus) from Gabon is one of the least studied primates (excluding humans) in its habitat.

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Surili

The surilis are a group of Old World monkeys and make up the entirety of the genus Presbytis.

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Sykes' monkey

The Sykes' monkey (Cercopithecus albogularis), named after English naturalist Colonel William Henry Sykes (1790-1872), also known as the white-throated monkey or Samango monkey, is an Old World monkey found between Ethiopia and South Africa, including south and east Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Talapoin

Talapoins are the two species of Old World monkeys classified in genus Miopithecus.

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Tana River mangabey

The Tana River mangabey (Cercocebus galeritus) is a highly endangered species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae.

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Tana River red colobus

The Tana River red colobus (Procolobus rufomitratus), also called the eastern red colobus, is a highly endangered species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae.

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Tantalus monkey

The tantalus monkey (Chlorocebus tantalus) is an Old World monkey from Africa that ranges from Ghana to Sudan.

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Tarai gray langur

The Tarai gray langur (Semnopithecus hector) is an Old World monkey, and was formerly considered a subspecies of the northern plains gray langur.

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Taxonomic rank

In biological classification, taxonomic rank is the relative level of a group of organisms (a taxon) in a taxonomic hierarchy.

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Tenasserim lutung

The Tenasserim lutung (Trachypithecus barbei) is a species of lutung.

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Thollon's red colobus

Thollon's red colobus (Procolobus tholloni), also known as the Tshuapa red colobus,Kingdon, J. 1997.

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Thomas's langur

The Thomas's langur (Presbytis thomasi) is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae.

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Tibetan macaque

The Tibetan macaque (Macaca thibetana), also known as the Chinese stump-tailed macaque or Milne-Edwards' macaque, is found from eastern Tibet east to Guangdong and north to Shaanxi in China.

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Tonkean macaque

The Tonkean black macaque or Tonkean macaque (Macaca tonkeana) is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae.

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Tonkin snub-nosed monkey

The Tonkin snub-nosed monkey or Dollman's snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus avunculus) is a slender-bodied arboreal Old World monkey, endemic to northern Vietnam.

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Toque macaque

The toque macaque (Macaca sinica) is a reddish-brown-coloured Old World monkey endemic to Sri Lanka, where it is known as the rilewa or rilawa (Sinhala රිළවා), (hence "rillow" in the Oxford English Dictionary).

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Tufted gray langur

The tufted gray langur (Semnopithecus priam), also known as Madras gray langur, and Coromandel sacred langur, is an Old World monkey, one of the species of langurs.

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Udzungwa red colobus

The Uzungwa red colobus (Procolobus gordonorum), also known as the Udzungwa red colobus ARKive.

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Uganda mangabey

The Uganda mangabey (Lophocebus ugandae) is a species of Old World monkey found only in Uganda.

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Ugandan red colobus

The Ugandan red colobus (Procolobus tephrosceles) is an endangered species of red colobus monkey, recognised as a distinct species since 2001.

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Ursine colobus

The ursine colobus (Colobus vellerosus, white-thighed colobus, Geoffroy's black-and-white colobus, white-thighed black-and-white colobus) is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae.

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Vervet monkey

The vervet monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus), or simply vervet, is an Old World monkey of the family Cercopithecidae native to Africa.

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Western red colobus

The western red colobus (Procolobus badius), also known as the rust red colobus, is a species of Old World monkey found in West African forests from Senegal to Ghana.

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White-eyelid mangabey

The white-eyelid mangabeys are African Old World monkeys belonging to the genus Cercocebus.

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White-fronted surili

The white-fronted surili (Presbytis frontata) is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae.

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White-headed langur

The white-headed langur (Trachypithecus poliocephalus) is a critically endangered langur.

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White-thighed surili

The white-thighed surili (Presbytis siamensis) is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae.

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White-throated guenon

The white-throated guenon (Cercopithecus erythrogaster), also known as the red-bellied monkey and the red-bellied guenon, is a diurnal primate that lives on trees of rainforests or tropical areas of Nigeria and Benin.

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Wolf's mona monkey

The Wolf's mona monkey (Cercopithecus wolfi), also called Wolf's guenon, is a colourful Old World monkey in the family Cercopithecidae.

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Yellow baboon

The yellow baboon (Papio cynocephalus) is a baboon in the family of Old World monkeys.

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Zanzibar red colobus

The Zanzibar red colobus (Procolobus kirkii) is a species of red colobus monkey endemic to Unguja, the main island of the Zanzibar Archipelago, off the coast of Tanzania.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_World_monkey

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