CERCOPITHECIDAE, Gray, 1821

Russell A. Mittermeier, Anthony B. Rylands & Don E. Wilson, 2013, Cercopithecidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 3 Primates, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 550-755 : 550

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6867065
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6863135
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scientific name	CERCOPITHECIDAE
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Family CERCOPITHECIDAE View in CoL

(OLD WORLD MONKEYS)

• Medium-sized to large monkeys with long trunk,ischial callosities, narrow nasal opening and palate, daggerlike canines, molars with two ridges, and tail lacking or short in some, long in most; males usually larger than females.

• 90-180 cm. View Figure

• Palearctic, Afrotropical, and Indo-Malayan Regions View Figure

• ‘Tropical and subtropical forests, tropical and subtropical savanna woodland, temperate woodland, arid shrubland, and semi-desert from sea level to 4000 m.

• 23 genera, 159 species, 269 taxa

• 18 species Critically Endangered, 40 species Endangered, 31 species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600