Cercopithecid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cercopithecid is a noun meaning (zoology) Any species of the family Cercopithecidae, the Old World monkeys.
Meaning
(zoology) Any species of the family Cercopithecidae, the Old World monkeys.
Example Sentences
In North Africa, cercopithecids assigned to the genus Prohylobates are known from two Early Miocene localities: Wadi Moghara, Egypt (Simons 1969), and Gebel Zelten, Libya (Delson 1979).
In the rhesus monkey, proboscis monkey, and gibbon, representatives of cercopithecids and hylobatids, respectively, neonatal cranial dimensions approach the corresponding pelvic inlet dimensions, however, without exceeding them.
2011, Terry Harrison, Chapter 6: Cercopithecids (Cercopithecidae, Primates), Terry Harrison (editor), Paleontology and Geology of Laetoli: Human Evolution in Context, Volume 2: Fossil Hominins and the Associated Fauna, page 134, More importantly, perhaps, is the observation that cercopithecids are significantly under-represented in the lowermost horizons of the Upper Laetolil Beds below Tuff 5.
Word Forms
- cercopithecids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cercopithecoid, cercopithecine, cercopitecoid, cercopithecin, macaque, guenon.
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