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Cercopithecidae Gray, 1821

104633  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:104633)

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  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Tetrapoda (Superclass)
  6. Mammalia (Class)
  7. Theria (Subclass)
  8. Eutheria (Infraclass)
  9. Primates (Order)
  10. Cercopithecidae (Family)
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Lasiopygidae · unaccepted

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  1. Genus Allenopithecus Lang, 1923
  2. Genus Cercocebus Geoffroy, 1812
  3. Genus Cercopithecoides Van der Spuy Mollet, 1947 †
  4. Genus Cercopithecus Linnaeus, 1758
  5. Genus Chlorocebus Gray, 1870
  6. Genus Colobus Illiger, 1811
  7. Genus Dinopithecus Broom, 1937 †
  8. Genus Dolichopithecus Depéret, 1889 †
  9. Genus Erythrocebus Trouessart, 1897
  10. Genus Gorgopithecus Broom & Robinson, 1949 †
  11. Genus Kuseracolobus Frost, 2001 †
  12. Genus Libypithecus Stromer, 1913 †
  13. Genus Lophocebus Palmer, 1903
  14. Genus Macaca Lacepède, 1799
  15. Genus Mandrillus Ritgen, 1824
  16. Genus Mesopithecus Wagner, 1839 †
  17. Genus Microcolobus Benefit & Pickford, 1986 †
  18. Genus Miopithecus Geoffroy, 1842
  19. Genus Myanmarcolobus Takai, Thaung-Htike; Zin-Maung-Maung-Thein; Soe, Maung, Tsubamoto, Egi, Nishimura & Nishioka, 2015 †
  20. Genus Nanopithecus Plavcan, Ward, Kay & Manthi, 2019 †
  21. Genus Nasalis Geoffroy, 1812
  22. Genus Nsungwepithecus Stevens, Seiffert, O'Connor, Roberts, Schmitz, Krause, Gorscak, Ngasala, Hieronymus & Temu, 2013 †
  23. Genus Papio Erxleben, 1777
  24. Genus Paracolobus Leakey, 1969 †
  25. Genus Paradolichopithecus Necrasov, Samson & Radulesco, 1961 †
  26. Genus Parapapio Jones, 1937 †
  27. Genus Parapresbytis Kalmykov & Maschenco, 1992 †
  28. Genus Piliocolobus Rochebrune, 1886-87
  29. Genus Pliopapio Frost, 2001 †
  30. Genus Presbytis Eschscholtz in Kotzebue, 1821
  31. Genus Procercocebus Gilbert, 2007 †
  32. Genus Procolobus Rochebrune, 1886-87
  33. Genus Procynocephalus Schlosser, 1924 †
  34. Genus Prohylobates Fourtau, 1920 †
  35. Genus Pygathrix Geoffroy, 1812
  36. Genus Rhinocolobus Leakey, 1982 †
  37. Genus Rhinopithecus Milne-Edwards, 1872
  38. Genus Rungwecebus Davenport, Stanley, Sargis, De Luca, Mpunga, Machaga & Olson, 2006
  39. Genus Sawecolobus Gommery, Senut, Pickford, Nishimura & Kipkech, 2022 †
  40. Genus Semnopithecus Desmarest, 1822
  41. Genus Simias Miller, 1903
  42. Genus Soromandrillus Gilbert, 2013 †
  43. Genus Theropithecus Geoffroy, 1843
  44. Genus Trachypithecus Reichenbach, 1863
  45. Genus Victoriapithecus von Königswald, 1969 †
  46. Genus Aethiops Martin, 1841 accepted as Cercocebus Geoffroy, 1812
  47. Genus Allochrocebus Elliot, 1913 accepted as Cercopithecus Linnaeus, 1758
  48. Genus Anthropodus Lapouge, 1894 † accepted as Mesopithecus Wagner, 1839 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  49. Genus Aulaxinus Lydekker in Nicholson & Lydekker, 1889 † accepted as Macaca Lacepède, 1799
  50. Genus Aulaxinus Cocchi, 1872 † accepted as Macaca Lacepède, 1799
  51. Genus Aulaxinuus Cocchi, 1872 † accepted as Macaca Lacepède, 1799
  52. Genus Callithrix Reichenbach, 1862 accepted as Chlorocebus Gray, 1870
  53. Genus Cebus Rafinesque, 1815 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
  54. Genus Cercocephalus Temminck, 1853 accepted as Cercopithecus Linnaeus, 1758
  55. Genus Cercocoebus Dahlbom, 1857 accepted as Cercocebus Geoffroy, 1812
  56. Genus Cercolophocebus Matschie, 1914 accepted as Lophocebus Palmer, 1903
  57. Genus Cercopithecus Gronovius, 1763 (unaccepted > unavailable name, Published in a rejected work (ICZN))
  58. Genus Cercopithecus Brünnich, 1772 accepted as Cercopithecus Linnaeus, 1758
  59. Genus Cercopythecus Lesson, 1840 accepted as Cercopithecus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  60. Genus Cerospithecus Vierthaler, 1852 † accepted as Cercopithecus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  61. Genus Certophitecus Wurmb, 1784 accepted as Cercopithecus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  62. Genus Chaeropithecus de Blainville, 1839 accepted as Papio Erxleben, 1777
  63. Genus Chaeropithecus Sénéchal, 1839 accepted as Papio Erxleben, 1777
  64. Genus Chaeropithecus Gray, 1870 accepted as Mandrillus Ritgen, 1824
  65. Genus Chaeropitheus Gervais, 1839 accepted as Papio Erxleben, 1777
  66. Genus Choeropithecus de Blainville, 1839 accepted as Papio Erxleben, 1777
  67. Genus Colobolus Gray, 1821 accepted as Colobus Illiger, 1811
  68. Genus Colobos Brookes, 1828 accepted as Colobus Illiger, 1811
  69. Genus Comopithecus Allen, 1925 accepted as Papio Erxleben, 1777
  70. Genus Corypithecus Trouessart, 1879 accepted as Presbytis Eschscholtz in Kotzebue, 1821
  71. Genus Cyanocephalus Swainson, 1835 accepted as Papio Erxleben, 1777
  72. Genus Cynamolgus Reichenbach, 1863 accepted as Macaca Lacepède, 1799
  73. Genus Cynocebus Gray, 1870 accepted as Chlorocebus Gray, 1870
  74. Genus Cynocephalus Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1795 accepted as Papio Erxleben, 1777
  75. Genus Cynomacaca Khajuria, 1953 accepted as Macaca Lacepède, 1799
  76. Genus Cynomolgus Trouessart, 1904 accepted as Macaca Lacepède, 1799
  77. Genus Cynopithecus Geoffroy in Gervais, 1835 accepted as Macaca Lacepède, 1799
  78. Genus Cynopythecus Lesson, 1840 accepted as Macaca Lacepède, 1799
  79. Genus Daunus Gray, 1821 accepted as Pygathrix Geoffroy, 1812
  80. Genus Diademia Reichenbach, 1862 accepted as Cercopithecus Linnaeus, 1758
  81. Genus Diana Trouessart, 1878 accepted as Cercopithecus Linnaeus, 1758
  82. Genus Drill Reichenbach, 1863 accepted as Mandrillus Ritgen, 1824
  83. Genus Gelada Gray, 1843 accepted as Theropithecus Geoffroy, 1843
  84. Genus Guereza Gray, 1870 accepted as Colobus Illiger, 1811
  85. Genus Gymnopyga Gray, 1866 accepted as Macaca Lacepède, 1799
  86. Genus Hamadryas Lesson, 1840 accepted as Papio Erxleben, 1777
  87. Genus Hanno Gray, 1821 accepted as Nasalis Geoffroy, 1812
  88. Genus Innus Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1819 accepted as Macaca Lacepède, 1799
  89. Genus Innuus Berthold, 1827 accepted as Macaca Lacepède, 1799
  90. Genus Insignicebus Elliot, 1913 accepted as Cercopithecus Linnaeus, 1758
  91. Genus Inuus Geoffroy, 1812 accepted as Macaca Lacepède, 1799
  92. Genus Kanagawapithecus Iwamoto, Hasegawa & Koizumi, 2005 † accepted as Dolichopithecus Depéret, 1889 †
  93. Genus Kasi Reichenbach, 1863 accepted as Trachypithecus Reichenbach, 1863
  94. Genus Kynokephalos Vierthaler, 1852 accepted as Papio Erxleben, 1777
  95. Genus Lasiopyga Illiger, 1811 accepted as Cercopithecus Linnaeus, 1758
  96. Genus Lasyopyga Bonaparte, 1831 accepted as Cercopithecus Linnaeus, 1758
  97. Genus Leptocebus Trouessart, 1904 accepted as Cercocebus Geoffroy, 1812
  98. Genus Lophocolobus Pousargues, 1895 accepted as Procolobus Rochebrune, 1886-87
  99. Genus Lophopitheus Trouessart, 1879 accepted as Presbytis Eschscholtz in Kotzebue, 1821
  100. Genus Lyssodes Gistl, 1848 accepted as Macaca Lacepède, 1799
  101. Genus Macaco Oken, 1817 accepted as Macaca Lacepède, 1799
  102. Genus Macacus Desmarest, 1820 accepted as Macaca Lacepède, 1799
  103. Genus Madrillus accepted as Mandrillus Ritgen, 1824
  104. Genus Magotus Ritgen, 1824 accepted as Macaca Lacepède, 1799
  105. Genus Magus Lesson, 1827 accepted as Macaca Lacepède, 1799
  106. Genus Maimon Wagner, 1839 accepted as Macaca Lacepède, 1799
  107. Genus Maimon Trouessart, 1904 accepted as Mandrillus Ritgen, 1824
  108. Genus Mandril Voigt in Voigt-Cuvier, 1831 accepted as Mandrillus Ritgen, 1824
  109. Genus Mandrill Berthold in Latreille, 1827 accepted as Mandrillus Ritgen, 1824
  110. Genus Meiopithecus Reichenbach, 1863 accepted as Miopithecus Geoffroy, 1842
  111. Genus Melanocebus Elliot, 1913 accepted as Cercopithecus Linnaeus, 1758
  112. Genus Mona Reichenbach, 1863 accepted as Cercopithecus Linnaeus, 1758
  113. Genus Monichus Oken, 1816 accepted as Cercopithecus Linnaeus, 1758
  114. Genus Mormon Wagner in Schreber, 1839 accepted as Mandrillus Ritgen, 1824
  115. Genus Myiopithecus Wallace, 1876 accepted as Miopithecus Geoffroy, 1842
  116. Genus Narsalis Ward, 1883 accepted as Nasalis Geoffroy, 1812
  117. Genus Nasica Anonymous, 1845 accepted as Nasalis Geoffroy, 1812 (vernacular name (?))
  118. Genus Nasilis Lampe, 1900 accepted as Nasalis Geoffroy, 1812
  119. Genus Nemestrinus Reichenbach, 1863 accepted as Macaca Lacepède, 1799
  120. Genus Neocebus Elliot, 1913 accepted as Cercopithecus Linnaeus, 1758
  121. Genus Omopithecus Delson, 1993 † accepted as Theropithecus Geoffroy, 1843 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, currently accepted as subgenus)
  122. Genus Otopithecus Trouessart, 1897 accepted as Cercopithecus Linnaeus, 1758
  123. Genus Ouanderou Lesson, 1840 accepted as Macaca Lacepède, 1799
  124. Genus Paphio Gray, 1821 accepted as Mandrillus Ritgen, 1824
  125. Genus Papia Bechstein, 1799 accepted as Mandrillus Ritgen, 1824
  126. Genus Papio Müller, 1773 accepted as Mandrillus Ritgen, 1824
  127. Genus Petaurista Reichenbach, 1863 accepted as Cercopithecus Linnaeus, 1758
  128. Genus Pilicolobus Trouessart, 1904 accepted as Piliocolobus Rochebrune, 1886-87
  129. Genus Pithecus Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1795 (Suppressed name (ICZN))
  130. Genus Pithecus Geoffroy, 1812 accepted as Macaca Lacepède, 1799 (unaccepted > unavailable name, Suppressed name (ICZN))
  131. Genus Pithes Burnett, 1829 accepted as Macaca Lacepède, 1799
  132. Genus Pogonocebus Trouessart, 1904 accepted as Cercopithecus Linnaeus, 1758
  133. Genus Presbypitheus Trouessart, 1879 accepted as Presbytis Eschscholtz in Kotzebue, 1821
  134. Genus Presbytes Gray, 1843 accepted as Presbytis Eschscholtz in Kotzebue, 1821
  135. Genus Presbytiscus Pocock, 1924 accepted as Rhinopithecus Milne-Edwards, 1872
  136. Genus Pterycolobus Rochebrune, 1886-87 accepted as Colobus Illiger, 1811
  137. Genus Pterygocolobus Trouessart, 1897 accepted as Colobus Illiger, 1811
  138. Genus Pygatrix Lesson, 1840 accepted as Pygathrix Geoffroy, 1812
  139. Genus Rhesus Lesson, 1839 accepted as Macaca Lacepède, 1799 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  140. Genus Rhesus Lesson, 1840 accepted as Macaca Lacepède, 1799
  141. Genus Rhinolazon Gloger, 1841 accepted as Nasalis Geoffroy, 1812
  142. Genus Rhinosticteus Trouessart, 1897 accepted as Cercopithecus Linnaeus, 1758
  143. Genus Rhinostigma Elliot, 1913 accepted as Cercopithecus Linnaeus, 1758
  144. Genus Rhynchopithecus Dahlbom, 1857 accepted as Nasalis Geoffroy, 1812
  145. Genus Salmacis Gloger, 1841 accepted as Macaca Lacepède, 1799
  146. Genus Semnocebus Gray, 1870 accepted as Lophocebus Palmer, 1903
  147. Genus Silenus Goldfuss, 1820 accepted as Macaca Lacepède, 1799
  148. Genus Simopithecus Andrews, 1916 (unaccepted)
  149. Genus Sphinx Gray, 1843 (unaccepted)
  150. Genus Stachycolobus Rochebrune, 1886-87 (unaccepted)
  151. Genus Sylvanus Oken, 1816 (unaccepted)
  152. Genus Tropicolobus Rochebrune, 1887 (unaccepted)
  153. Genus Vetulus Reichenbach, 1862 (unaccepted)
  154. Genus Zati Reichenbach, 1862 (unaccepted)
  155. Genus Sylvanus Virey, 1819 (uncertain, unassessed)
marine, brackish
recent + fossil
Not documented
IRMNG (2021). Cercopithecidae Gray, 1821. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104633 on 2026-01-19
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basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details] 

taxonomy source Ruggiero, M. A. (2014). Families of All Living Organisms, Version 2.0.a.15, (4/26/14). Expert Solutions International, LLC, Reston, VA. 420 pp. [details] 

current name source Ruggiero, M. A. (2014). Families of All Living Organisms, Version 2.0.a.15, (4/26/14). Expert Solutions International, LLC, Reston, VA. 420 pp. [details] 

extant flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details] 

habitat flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details] 
Unreviewed
Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Eumetazoa (Subkingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Eutheria (Infraclass) > Primates (Order) > Haplorhini (Suborder) > Catarrhini (Infraorder) > Cercopithecidae (Family) [details]

Descriptive info Benton, 1993 habitat flag(s): T; stratigraphic range: Miocene (Lower Miocene)-Holocene (?Recent) [details]
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