8/4/2023 0 Comments Black and white chimpanzee![]() ![]() Therefore, cladistically, apes, catarrhines and related contemporary extinct groups, such as Parapithecidae, are monkeys as well, for any consistent definition of "monkey". The distinction between apes and monkeys is complicated by the traditional paraphyly of monkeys: Apes emerged as a sister group of Old World monkeys in the catarrhines, which are a sister group of New World monkeys. Genus Rhinopithecus – snub-nosed monkeys.Genus Semnopithecus – gray langurs or Hanuman langurs.Genus Colobus – black-and-white colobuses.Genus Cercocebus – white-eyelid mangabeys.Genus Allochrocebus – terrestrial guenons.Genus Allenopithecus – Allen's swamp monkey.Family Cercopithecidae: Old World monkeys.The Linnaean classification beginning with the superfamily is: Two subfamilies are recognized, the Cercopithecinae, which are mainly African, but include the diverse genus of macaques, which are Asian and North African, and the Colobinae, which includes most of the Asian genera, but also the African colobus monkeys. Most are highly opportunistic, primarily eating fruit, but also consuming almost any food items available, such as flowers, leaves, bulbs and rhizomes, insects, snails, small mammals, and garbage and handouts from humans. Most are at least partially omnivorous, but all prefer plant matter, which forms the bulk of their diets. Some Old World monkeys are arboreal, such as the colobus monkeys others are terrestrial, such as the baboons. Whether they are native to Gibraltar or were brought by humans is unknown. ![]() They inhabited much of Europe in the past today, the only survivors in Europe are the Barbary macaques of Gibraltar. Old World monkeys are native to Africa and Asia today, inhabiting numerous environments: tropical rain forests, savannas, shrublands, and mountainous terrain. Most have tails, but they are not prehensile. The largest is the male mandrill, around 70 centimetres (28 in) in length, and weighing up to 50 kilograms (110 lb) Old World monkeys have a variety of facial featues some have snouts, some are flat nosed, and many exhibit coloration. The smallest Old World monkey is the talapoin, with a head and body 34–37 centimetres (13–15 in) in length, and weighing between 0.7 and 1.3 kilograms (1.5 and 2.9 lb). They diverged from a common ancestor of New World monkeys around 45 to 55 million years ago. Phylogenetically, they are more closely related to apes than to New World monkeys. 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. Old World monkey genera include baboons (genus Papio), red colobus (genus Piliocolobus) and macaques (genus Macaca). Twenty-four genera and 138 species are recognized, making it the largest primate family. Old World monkey is the common English name for a family of primates known taxonomically as the Cercopithecidae ( / ˌ s ɜːr k oʊ p ɪ ˈ θ ɛ s ɪ d iː/). ![]()
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