Organisms

Cercopithecinae

A subfamily of the Old World monkeys, CERCOPITHECIDAE. They inhabit the forests and savannas of Africa. This subfamily contains the following genera: CERCOCEBUS; CERCOPITHECUS; ERYTHROCEBUS; MACACA; PAPIO; and THEROPITHECUS.

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A subfamily of the Old World monkeys, CERCOPITHECIDAE. They inhabit the forests and savannas of Africa. This subfamily contains the following genera: CERCOCEBUS; CERCOPITHECUS; ERYTHROCEBUS; MACACA; PAPIO; and THEROPITHECUS.

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Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, embryology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, injuries, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, physiology, psychology, surgery, urine, virology.

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a subfamily of Old World monkeys: do not confuse with CERCOPITHECIDAE, the family; NIM when experimental animal; diseases: coordinate with MONKEY DISEASES

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Cercopithecinae. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016663. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016663
  2. Cercopithecinae. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cercopithecinae
  3. Cercopithecinae. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q220848