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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Chordata > Vertebrates > Mammals > Eutheria > Primates > Haplorhini > Catarrhini > Cercopithecidae

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Cercopithecidae  

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Entry terms

  • Monkey, Old World
  • Monkeys, Old World
  • Old World Monkey
  • Old World Monkeys
  • World Monkey, Old

Note

  • a family of Old World monkeys: do not confuse with CERCOPITHECINAE, a subfamily; NIM when experimental animal; diseases: coordinate with MONKEY DISEASES

Scope note

  • The family of Old World monkeys and baboons consisting of two subfamilies: CERCOPITHECINAE and COLOBINAE. They are found in Africa and part of Asia.

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