Theropithecus I. Geoffroy 1841

Theropithecus I. Geoffroy 1841, Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 1841 (2): 576.

Type Species: Macacus gelada Rüppell 1835

Synonyms: Gelada Gray 1843; Simopithecus Andrews 1916 .

Species and subspecies: 1 species with 2 subspecies:

Species Theropithecus gelada (Rüppell 1835)

Subspecies Theropithecus gelada subsp. gelada Rüppell 1835

Subspecies Theropithecus gelada subsp. obscurus Heuglin 1863

Discussion: Considered a distinct genus by Cronin and Meikle (1979:259), but Van Gelder (1977 b:8) included this genus in Cercopithecus; Goodman et al. (1998) included it in Papio as a subgenus. McKenna and Bell (1997) placed it in a subtribe, Theropithecina, separate from Macacina ( Macaca) and Papionina (all other genera of Papionini).