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Taxon: Genus Cercopithecus Linnaeus, 1758 - guenons (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  (C. Linnaeus, 1758), nom. cons.
Original name:  Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 26.
Subsequent rank: 

Gender

Masculine Ref: ICZN, 1999. Int. Code Zool. Nomencl. (ed. 4): Art. 31.2.1 (Examples).

Attributes

Conserved name (nom. cons. [prop.]) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 81.1] Ref: [Anonymous], (2012): 142 (Opinion 104, 238).

Types

Type of: Cercopithecina (Subtribe) Gray, 1821 Ref: E. Delson et al. (eds.), 2000: xxvi. [inferred]
Type of: Cercopithecinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821 Ref: E. Delson et al. (eds.), 2000: xxvi. [inferred]
Type of: Cercopithecini (Tribe) Gray, 1821 Ref: E. Delson et al. (eds.), 2000: xxvi. [inferred]
Type of: Cercopithecoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821 Ref: E. Delson et al. (eds.), 2000: xxvi. [inferred]
Type: Cercopithecus diana group

Variants

Basionym: Cercopitheci ([unranked]) Linnaeus, 1758
Incorrect authorship: Cercopithecus (Genus) Brunnich, 1772

Synonyms

Accepted name: Allenopithecus (Genus) Lang, 1923 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Accepted name: Erythrocebus (Genus) Trouessart, 1897 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Accepted name: Miopithecus (Genus) Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1842 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Including: Chlorocebus (Genus) Gray, 1870 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
Including: Miopithecus (Genus) Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1842 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: oerwoudmeerkatten
: makako's

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: guenons
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