Rungwecebus

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Ordo: Primates
Subordo: Haplorrhini
Infraordo: Simiiformes
Parvordo: Catarrhini
Superfamilia: Cercopithecoidea
Familia: Cercopithecidae
Subfamilia: Cercopithecinae
Tribus: Papionini
Genus: Rungwecebus
Species: R. kipunji

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Rungwecebus Davenport et al., 2006. Type species: Lophocebus kipunji Ehardt, Butynski, Jones & Davenport, 2005, by monotypy.

[edit] References

• Davenport T.R.B.; Stanley, W.T.; Sargis, E.J.; De Luca, D.W.; Mpunga, N.E.; Machaga, S.J.; Olson, L.E. 2006: A new genus of African monkey, Rungwecebus: morphology, ecology, and molecular phylogenetics. Science, 312: 1378-1381.
• Jones, T.; Ehardt, C.L.; Butynski, T.M.; Davenport, T.R.B.; Mpunga, N.E.; Machaga, S.J.; De Luca, D.W. 2005: The highland mangabey Lophocebus kipunji: a new species of African monkey. Science, 308: 1161-1164.
• Olson, L.E.; Sargis, E.J.; Stanley, W.T.; Hildebrandt, K.B.P.; Davenport T.R.B. 2008: Additional molecular evidence strongly supports the distinction between the recently described African primate Rungwecebus kipunji (Cercopithecidae, Papionini) and Lophocebus. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 48: 789-794.
• Zinner, D.; Arnold, M.L.; Roos, C. 2009: Is the new primate genus Rungwecebus a baboon? PLoS ONE, 4(3): e4859. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0004859 [1]

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