Cercopithecidae

Other Names for Cercopithecidae

• Old World monkeys

References

Benefit, B. R. and M. L. McCrossin. 1993. The lacrimal fossa of Cercopithecoidea, with special reference to cladistic analysis of Old World monkey relationships. Folia Primatologica 60:133-145.

Disotell, T. R. 1994. Generic level relationships of the Papionini (Cercopithecoidea). American Journal of Physical Anthropology 94:47-57.

Disotell, T. R. 1996. The phylogeny of Old World monkeys. Evolutionary Anthropology 5:18-24.

Disotell, T. R., Honeycutt R. L., and M. Ruvolo. 1992. Mitochondrial DNA phylogeny of the Old World monkey tribe Papionini. Molecular Biology and Evolution 9:1-13.

Fleagle J. G. and W. S. McGraw. 1999. Skeletal and dental morphology supports diphyletic origin of baboons and mandrills. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 96: 1157-1161. [Medline]

Harris, E. E. 2000. Molecular systematics of the Old World monkey tribe Papionini: analysis of the total available genetic sequences. Journal of Human Evolution 38:235-256.

Harris, E.E. and T. R. Disotell. 1998. Nuclear gene trees and the phylogenetic relationships of the mangabeys (Primates : Papionini). Molecular Biology and Evolution 15:892-900.

Harrison, T. and E. E. Harris. 1996. Plio-pleistocene cercopithecids from Kanam East, western Kenya. Journal of Human Evolution 30:539-561.

Jablonski, N. G. (ed.) 1993. Theropithecus: the Rise and Fall of a Primate Genus. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Jablonski N. G. (ed.) 1998. The Natural History of the Doucs and Snub-Nosed Monkeys. 15th International Primatological Society Congress (1994: Bali Island, Indonesia). World Scientific, Singapore.

Page, S. L., C. H. Chiu, and M. Goodman. 1999. Molecular phylogeny of old world monkeys (Cercopithecidae) as inferred from gamma-globin DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 13:348-359.

Purvis, A. 1995. A composite estimate of primate phylogeny. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B 348:405-421.

Van der Kuyl, A. C, C. L. Kuiken, J. T. Dekker, and J. Goudsmit. 1995. Phylogeny of African monkeys based upon mitochondrial 12S rRNA sequences. Journal of Molecular Evolution 40:173-180.

Whitehead, P. F. and C. J. Jolly (eds). 2000. Old World Monkeys. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 528 pp.

Zhang, Y. P. and O. A. Ryder. 1998. Mitochondrial cytochrome b gene sequences of old world monkeys: With special reference on evolution of Asian colobines. Primates 39:39-49.

Information on the Internet

• Bioko Primate Protection Program (BiokoPR)
• The Douc Langur Project
• Cercopithecidae. The University of Michigan Museum of Zoology Animal Diversity Web.
• Spook Skelton's Baboon Gallery