''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 (''Theropithecus gelada''), native to the
Ethiopian Highlands.
Additional species are known from fossils, including:
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Theropithecus brumpti''
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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''
References
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Papionini
Primate genera
Mammal genera with one living species
Taxa named by Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
Taxa described in 1843