Genus
Theropithecus
4 species
The list of species of Theropithecus genus
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The list of species of Theropithecus genus
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The gelada (Theropithecus gelada) is a species of Old World monkey found only in the Ethiopian Highlands. Like its close relatives the baboons (genus Papio), it is largely terrestrial, spending much of its time foraging in grasslands. They are the...
Theropithecus brumpti was a large terrestrial monkey that lived in the mid to late Pliocene. It is an extinct species of papionin.This fossil primate is mostly known from skulls and mandibles found in Pliocene deposits excavated in the Shungura...
Theropithecus oswaldi is an extinct species of Theropithecus from the early to middle Pleistocene of Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, South Africa, Spain, Morocco and Algeria. It appears to have been a specialised grazer. The species went extinct in South...
Theropithecus darti is an extinct species of Theropithecus from the middle to late Pliocene of Africa.