Papionini

 ( Mammal Tribes ) 

Papionini is a tribe of Old World monkeys that includes several large monkey species, which include the of North Africa and Asia, as well as the , , , kipunji, drills, and , which are essentially from sub-Saharan Africa (although some baboons also occur in southern Arabia).

It is typically divided into two Subtribe: Macacina for the genus Macaca and its Extinction relatives and the Papionina for all other genera.

(1979). 9780126801507, Academic Press. . ISBN 9780126801507

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Evolution and fossil record Papionin Fossil are extensively Knowledge from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of East Africa.

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Classification

• Family Cercopithecidae
• Subfamily Cercopithecinae
• Tribe Cercopithecini
• Tribe Papionini
• Genus Macaque – macaques
• Genus Lophocebus – crested mangabeys
• Genus Rungwecebus – highland mangabey (kipunji)
• Genus Papio – baboons
• Genus Theropithecus – gelada
• Genus Cercocebus – white-eyelid mangabeys
• Genus Mandrillus – drill and mandrill
• Fossil genera
• Genus Dinopithecus
• Genus Gorgopithecus
• Genus Paradolichopithecus
• Genus Parapapio
• Genus Pliopapio
• Genus Procercocebus
• Genus Procynocephalus
• Genus Soromandrillus

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