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  • noun zoology Any of the Cercopithecidae.

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  • Mangabeys are an entirely African assemblage of cercopithecid monkeys, traditionally grouped together in the genus Cercocebus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812.

    Archive 2006-06-01 Darren Naish 2006

  • Furthermore, outgroup comparison (with macaques, for example) indicates that some of these characters are primitive for the cercopithecid clade that includes these species (Papionina).

    Archive 2006-06-01 Darren Naish 2006

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