The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma/Mammalia/Class Mammalia/Subclass Eutheria/Order Primates/Suborder Anthropoidea/Family Cercopithecidæ

by William Thomas Blanford

 

Family CERCOPITHECIDÆ.

This family comprises all the Old-World Apes, Monkeys, and Baboons, with the exception of the anthropoid Apes. It is divided into two subfamilies, both represented in India.

Cheek-pouches present, stomach simple, tail variable ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Cercopithecinæ.

No cheek-pouches, stomach sacculated, tail always long ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Semnopithecinæ.