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

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Cercopithecinae  

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

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  • A subfamily of the Old World monkeys, CERCOPITHECIDAE. They inhabit the forests and savannas of Africa. This subfamily contains the following genera: CERCOCEBUS; CERCOPITHECUS; ERYTHROCEBUS; MACACA; PAPIO; and THEROPITHECUS.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016663

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