Theropithecus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cercopithecoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Primates Subordo: Haplorhini Infraordo: Simiiformes Parvordo: Catarrhini Superfamilia: Cercopithecoidea

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

Name

Theropithecus I. Geoffroy, 1843

Type species: Macacus gelada Rüppell, 1835, by monotypy

Synonymy

Gelada Gray, 1843: 9
Simopithecus Andrews, 1916: 417
Theropithecus I. Geoffroy, 1843: 576

References

Primary references

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, I. 1843. Description des Mammifères nouveaux ou imparfaitement connus de la collection du Muséum d'histoire naturelle, et remarques sur la classification et les caractères des Mammifères. Premier Mémoire. Famille des Singes. Archives du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 2: 485–583. BHL Reference page.
Gray, J.E. 1843. List of the specimens of Mammalia in the collection of the British Museum. London: British Museum. BHL Reference page.
Andrews, C.W. 1916. Note on a new Baboon (Simopithecus oswaldi, gen. et sp. n.) from the (?) Pliocene of British East Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 8, 18(107): 410–419. DOI: 10.1080/00222931609486891 BHL Reference page.

Additional 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. hdl: 10520/EJC83659

Links

Theropithecus in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

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).

Vernacular names

日本語: ゲラダヒヒ属
polski: Dżelada

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