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Definition of Genus cercopithecus

1. Noun. Type genus of the Cercopithecidae: guenons.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Cercopithecus

Literary usage of Genus cercopithecus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"The genus Cercopithecus (the Guenons) represents in Africa the Oriental and ... The genus Cercopithecus is limited to Africa, and its numerous FIG. 269. ..."

2. A Hand-book to the Primates by Henry Ogg Forbes (1897)
"genus cercopithecus. Cercopithecus, Erxleben, Syst. Regn. Anim., p. 22 (1777). The genus Cercopithecus includes a larger number of species than any other of ..."

3. A Catalogue of the Mammalia in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company by Thomas Horsfield, East India Company Museum (1851)
"In former times the Guereza was hunted for the sake of its fur, which was used as a mark of distinction in the army. Genus CERCOPITHECUS, Brisson. ..."

4. Journal and Papers of Chauncy Maples ... Late Bishop of Likoma, Lake Nyasa by Chauncy Maples, Ellen Gilbert Maples Cook (1899)
"... and two, or perhaps three, of the genus Cercopithecus. We remember that when we were travelling in November, 1877, through the woods between Masasi and ..."

5. Zoology: A Systematic Account of the General Structure, Habits, Instincts by William Benjamin Carpenter (1848)
"To the genus Cercopithecus belong nearly all the Monkeys of the Old World, with which we are most familiar; and it may probably be regarded as the typical ..."

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