''Theropithecus'' is a genus of primates in the family

Cercopithecidae Old World monkey is the common English name for a family of primates known taxonomically as the Cercopithecidae (). Twenty-four genera and 138 species are recognized, making it the largest primate family. Old World monkey genera include baboons ...

. It contains a single living species, the

gelada The gelada (''Theropithecus gelada'', am, ጭላዳ, translit=č̣əlada), sometimes called the bleeding-heart monkey or the gelada baboon, is a species of Old World monkey found only in the Ethiopian Highlands, living at elevations of above se ...

(''Theropithecus gelada''), native to the

Ethiopian Highlands The Ethiopian Highlands is a rugged mass of mountains in Ethiopia in Northeast Africa. It forms the largest continuous area of its elevation in the continent, with little of its surface falling below , while the summits reach heights of up to ...

. Additional species are known from fossils, including: *''

Theropithecus brumpti ''Theropithecus brumpti'' was a large terrestrial monkey that lived in the mid to late Pliocene. It is an extinct species of papionin. This fossil primate is mostly known from skulls and mandibles found in Pliocene deposits excavated in the Shu ...

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Theropithecus darti ''Theropithecus darti'' is an extinct species of '' Theropithecus'' from the middle to late Pliocene of Africa. References Papionini Pliocene mammals of Africa Taxa named by Robert Broom Fossil taxa described in 1946 Pliocene primate ...

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Theropithecus oswaldi ''Theropithecus oswaldi'' is an extinct species of ''Theropithecus'' from the early to middle Pleistocene of Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, South Africa, Spain, Morocco and Algeria. It appears to have been a specialised grazer. The species went extin ...

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q9087293 Papionini Primate genera Mammal genera with one living species Taxa named by Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire Taxa described in 1843