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Old World Monkeys

Cercopithecidae (family)

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Old World monkey is the common English name for a family of primates known taxonomically as the Cercopithecidae . Twenty-four genera and 138 species are recognized, making it the largest primate family. Old World monkey genera include baboons (genus Papio) and macaques (genus Macaca). Common names for other Old World monkeys include the talapoin, guenon, colobus, douc (douc langur, genus Pygathrix), vervet, gelada, mangabey (a group of genera), langur, mandrill, surili (Presbytis), patas, and proboscis monkey. Phylogenetically, they are more closely related to apes than to New World monkeys. They diverged from a common ancestor of New World monkeys around 45 to 55 million years ago.The smallest Old World monkey is the talapoin, with a head and body 34–37 cm in length, and weighing between…

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