Definition of Genus cercopithecus

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

Exact synonyms: Cercopithecus
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Cercopithecidae, Family Cercopithecidae
Member holonyms: Guenon, Guenon Monkey

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Cercopithecus

genus Ceratitis
genus Ceratodus
genus Ceratonia
genus Ceratopetalum
genus Ceratophyllum
genus Ceratopogon
genus Ceratopteris
genus Ceratosaurus
genus Ceratostomella
genus Ceratotherium
genus Ceratozamia
genus Cercidiphyllum
genus Cercidium
genus Cercis
genus Cercocebus
genus Cercopithecus
genus Cercospora
genus Cercosporella
genus Cereus
genus Certhia
genus Cervus
genus Ceryle
genus Cestrum
genus Cestum
genus Ceterach
genus Cetonia
genus Cetorhinus
genus Cetraria
genus Chaenactis
genus Chaenomeles

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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