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Macaca silensus
lion-maned macaque, lion-tail macaque, wanderoo
Macaca sinica
toque monkey
Macaca sylvanus
Barbary ape
Macaca thibetana
Tibet monkey
Papio sp.
baboon
Papio cynocephalus anubis
olive baboon
Papio cynocephalus cynocephalus
yellow baboon
Papio cynocephalus papio
West African baboon, Guinea baboon
Papio cynocephalus ursinus
chacma baboon
Papio hamadryas
hamadryas baboon, sacred baboon
Mandrillus sp.
drill, mandrill
Theropithecus sp.
gelada
Cercocebus sp.
mangabey
Cercocebus torquatus atys
sooty mangabey
Cercopithecus sp.
guenon
Cercopithecus aethiops
African green monkey, grivet, vervet
Miopithecus sp.
talapoin
Erythrocebus sp.
patas monkey, military monkey, hussar monkey, mustached monkey
Allenopithecus sp.
Allen's swamp monkey
COLOBINAE (colobines)
Colobus sp.
Colobus abyssinicus
black and white colobus monkey
Colobus badius
red colobus
Presbytis sp.
langur
Presbytis entellus
hanuman langur, sacred langur
Rhinopithecus sp.
snub-nosed langur
Rhinopithecus roxellana
Chinese golden monkey
Nasalis sp.
proboscis monkey
Nasalis larvatus
proboscis monkey
Simias sp.
Mentawi island langur
Pygathrix sp.
douc langur
The Old World monkeys (cercopithecids) are divided into two subfamilies, the cercopithecines (which have check pouches) and the colobines (leaf-eating monkeys) (Napier and Napier 1967, 1985).
The cercopithecines are represented in Asia and North Africa by one genus (Macaca); the rest are found only in sub-Saharan Africa, except Papio hamadr-