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- proper noun A taxonomic
subfamily within thefamily Cercopithecidae — variousOld World baboons ,monkeys andmacaques .
Etymologies
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Cercopithecus + -inae
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Other primates also freely taken for food include eastern chimpanzee Pan troglodytes schweinfurthi (EN), Anubis baboon Papio anubis and ten species of monkey: five Cercopithecinae and three Colobinae species.
Kahuzi-Biéga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo 2009
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