cercopithecoid

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cercopithecoid

noun cercopithecoids

Any species of the superfamily Cercopithecoidea (the Old World monkeys). In East Africa the first evidence of cercopithecoid diversity appeared in the Pliocene at sites such as Lothagam, East Turkana, and Laetoli where papionins were the dominant cercopithecoids.

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@misc{cercopithecoid_2026,
  title = {cercopithecoid},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cercopithecoid},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}