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- proper noun A taxonomic
family within thesuperfamily Cercopithecoidea — theOld World monkeys etc.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Family Species Tupaiidae* Dendrogale murina* Muridae Maxomys moi Cercopithecidae Pygathrix nemaeus An asterisk signifies that the species 'range is limited to this ecoregion.
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For instance, some trees that belong to the nutmeg family are known to be highly dependent on Atelidae and Toucans for their dispersal in America, and Cercopithecidae and Hornbills in Africa and Asia.
Mongabay.com News Jeremy Hance 2010
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New early Pliocene Cercopithecidae (Mammalia: Primates) from Aramis, Middle Awash Valley, Ethiopia.
Archive 2006-06-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Family Species Cercopithecidae Semnopithecus francoisi Hylobatidae Hylobates gabriellae Bovidae* Pseudoryx nghetinhensis* Cervidae* Megamuntiacus vuquangensis* Cervidae* Muntiacus truongsonensis* Cervidae* Muntiacus (Buhouang muntjak) * Cercopithecidae Pygathrix nemaeus An asterisk signifies that the species 'range is limited to this ecoregion
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Family Species Soricidae Suncus dayi Cercopithecidae Semnopithecus johnii Viverridae Viverra civettina Viverridae Paradoxurus jerdoni Muridae Petinomys fuscocapillus Muridae Rattus ranjiniae* An asterisk signifies that the species 'range is limited to this ecoregion.
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