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Cercopithecinae
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<h2 id="characteristics">Characteristics</h2> <p>The various species are adapted to the different terrains they inhabit. <a href="/facts/Arboreal/6C5AeQ2y">Arboreal</a> species are slim, delicate, and have a long tail, while <a href="/facts/Terrestrial_animal/AhP2mont">terrestrial</a> species are stockier and their tails can be small or completely nonexistent. All species have well-developed thumbs. Some species have <a href="/facts/Ischial_callosities/0pVnxfFH">ischial callosities</a> on their rump, which can change their colour during their mating periods. </p><p>These monkeys are <a href="/facts/Diurnal_animal/GgXnXvN7">diurnal</a> and live together in social groups. They live in all types of terrain and climate, from rain forests, <a href="/facts/Savanna/M0tPdd1l">savannah</a>, and bald rocky areas, to cool or even snowy mountains, such as the <a href="/facts/Japanese_macaque/69ESEQmM">Japanese macaque</a>. </p><p>Most species are <a href="/facts/Omnivorous/b8zcsuJF">omnivorous</a>, with diets ranging from fruits, leaves, seeds, buds, and mushrooms to insects, spiders, and smaller vertebrates. All species possess cheek pouches in which they can store food.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> </p><p>Gestation lasts around six to seven months. Young are weaned after three to 12 months and are fully mature within three to five years. The life expectancy of some species can be as long as 50 years. </p> <h2 id="classification">Classification</h2> <p>The Cercopithinae are often split into two <a href="/facts/Tribe_(biology)/Uca1DPl7">tribes</a>, <a href="/facts/Cercopithecini/ajkW0ggS">Cercopithecini</a> and <a href="/facts/Papionini/9vfDIMHj">Papionini</a>, as shown in the list of genera below. </p> <table><tbody><tr><td><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><p><i><a href="/facts/Homo/qvJtEBr2">Homo</a></i></p></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><p><i><a href="/facts/Pan_(genus)/Hm6Aox8c">Pan</a></i></p></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><p><i><a href="/facts/Hylobates/AeHEmgGI">Hylobates</a></i></p></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td>Cercopithecinae</td><td rowspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><p><i><a href="/facts/Macaque/r2tPXVFu">Macaca</a></i></p></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><p><i><a href="/facts/Papio/qz7J3AoC">Papio</a></i></p></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><p><i><a href="/facts/Theropithecus/daGtLlFv">Theropithecus</a></i></p></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><p><i><a href="/facts/Cercocebus/T1MCHfrB">Cercocebus</a></i></p></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><p><i><a href="/facts/Chlorocebus/S9smT9fk">Chlorocebus</a></i></p></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><p><i><a href="/facts/Erythrocebus/zbapS06F">Erythrocebus</a></i></p></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><p><i><a href="/facts/Miopithecus/YU45n1JR">Miopithecus</a></i></p></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Colobinae/kQYzXQqM">Colobinae</a></td><td rowspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><p><i><a href="/facts/Colobus/vawM9S1h">Colobus</a></i></p></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><p><i><a href="/facts/Pygathrix/SEHnohDu">Pygathrix</a></i></p></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><p><i><a href="/facts/Proboscis_monkey/1aUEDYY4">Nasalis</a></i></p></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><p><i><a href="/facts/Trachypithecus/V7VSIPve">Trachypithecus</a></i></p></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td>Phylogenetic position of the Cercopithecinae.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>Family <a href="/facts/Old_World_monkey/hrhKhgt7">Cercopithecidae</a> <ul><li>Subfamily Cercopithecinae <ul><li>Tribe <a href="/facts/Cercopithecini/ajkW0ggS">Cercopithecini</a> <ul><li>Genus <i><a href="/facts/Allen%27s_swamp_monkey/55gNBRR5">Allenopithecus</a></i> – Allen's swamp monkey</li> <li>Genus <i><a href="/facts/Miopithecus/YU45n1JR">Miopithecus</a></i> – talapoins</li> <li>Genus <i><a href="/facts/Erythrocebus/zbapS06F">Erythrocebus</a></i> – patas monkeys</li> <li>Genus <i><a href="/facts/Chlorocebus/S9smT9fk">Chlorocebus</a></i> – vervet monkeys, etc.</li> <li>Genus <i><a href="/facts/Allochrocebus/q6jTqm65">Allochrocebus</a></i> – terrestrial guenons</li> <li>Genus <i><a href="/facts/Cercopithecus/fUmWCaAI">Cercopithecus</a></i> – guenons</li></ul></li> <li>Tribe <a href="/facts/Papionini/9vfDIMHj">Papionini</a> <ul><li>Genus <i><a href="/facts/Macaque/r2tPXVFu">Macaca</a></i> – macaques</li> <li>Genus <i><a href="/facts/Lophocebus/S7qvtEto">Lophocebus</a></i> – crested mangabeys</li> <li>Genus <i><a href="/facts/Rungwecebus/3hhfs6CE">Rungwecebus</a></i> – highland mangabey</li> <li>Genus <i><a href="/facts/Papio/qz7J3AoC">Papio</a></i> – baboons</li> <li>Genus <i><a href="/facts/Theropithecus/daGtLlFv">Theropithecus</a></i> – gelada</li> <li>Genus <i><a href="/facts/Cercocebus/T1MCHfrB">Cercocebus</a></i> – white-eyelid mangabeys</li> <li>Genus <i><a href="/facts/Mandrillus/R6UVhLbA">Mandrillus</a></i> – drill and mandrill</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>Subfamily <a href="/facts/Colobinae/kQYzXQqM">Colobinae</a></li></ul></li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Parapapio/hsqN4Ty7">Parapapio</a></i></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Colin_Groves/bJeJhyuu">Groves, C. P.</a> (2005). <a href="/facts/Don_E._Wilson/uflYWPqE">Wilson, D. E.</a>; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). <a href="http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=12100422"><i>Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference</i></a> (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 152–167. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0-801-88221-4. <a href="/facts/OCLC_(identifier)/Yqad8waq">OCLC</a> <a href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/62265494">62265494</a>.</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li> Data related to Cercopithecinae at Wikispecies</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Strier, Karen B. (2007). Primate behavioral ecology (3rd ed.). Boston: Pearson Allyn and Bacon. p. 61. ISBN 9780205444328. <a href="9780205444328" target="_blank">9780205444328</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Xing, Jinchuan; Wang, Hui; Han, Kyudong; Ray, David A.; Huang, Cheney H.; Chemnick, Leona G.; Stewart, Caro-Beth; Disotell, Todd R.; Ryder, Oliver A.; Batzer, Mark A. (2005). "A mobile element based phylogeny of Old World monkeys". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 37 (3): 872–880. Bibcode:2005MolPE..37..872X. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.04.015. PMID 15936216. <a href="https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1205&context=biosci_pubs" target="_blank">https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1205&context=biosci_pubs</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>