Cercopithecidae
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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.
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
Title Illustrations
- Vervet monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops, Tanzania.
Photograph copyright © 1999 Greg and Mary Beth Dimijian. - Colobus monkey, Colobus sp., in yellow fever tree, Lake Naivasha, Kenya.
Photograph copyright © 1999 Greg and Mary Beth Dimijian. - Patas monkey, red guenon, Erythrocebus patas.
Photograph by H. Vannoy Davis, courtesy CalPhotos, copyright © 2001
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