Theropithecus

Theropithecus gelada (gelada)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cercopithecoidea

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Familia: Cercopithecidae
Subfamilia: Cercopithecinae
Tribus: Papionini
Genus: Theropithecus
Species: T. gelada – †T. oswaldi ...

Name

Theropithecus, I. Geoffroy, 1843

Type species: Macacus gelada Rüppell, 1835

Synonyms

• Gelada Gray, 1843
• Simopithecus Andrews, 1916

Comments

Considered a distinct genus by Cronin and Meikle (1979:259), but Van Gelder (1977b: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).

References

• Gilbert, C.C. 2007: Identification and description of the first Theropithecus (Primates: Cercopithecidae) material from Bolt’s Farm, South Africa. Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 44: 1–10. ISSN: 0041-1752
• Theropithecus in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, D. E. & Reeder, D. M. (eds.) (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0801882214

links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus