Cebus
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See also: cebús
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κῆβος (kêbos, “a long-tailed monkey”)[1]
Proper noun
Cebus m
Synonyms
- (genus): Sapajus (the oldest synonym)
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Primates – order; Haplorrhini - suborder; Simiiformes - infraorder; Platyrrhini - parvorder; Cebidae - family; Cebinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Cebus capucinus - type species; Cebus albifrons, Cebus kaapori, Cebus olivaceus - species, currently; Cebus apella, Cebus flavius, Cebus libidinosus, Cebus nigritus, Cebus xanthosternos - species, formerly, now in Sapajus
Coordinate terms
- (genus): Sapajus (new)
Derived terms
terms derived from Cebus
- Allocebus (hairy-eared dwarf lemur)
- Allochrocebus (terrestrial guenons)
- Arctocebus (angwantibos)
- Callicebus (titi monkeys)
- Cercocebus (capped mangabeys)
- Cheracebus
- Chlorocebus (vervet monkeys, green monkeys)
- Erythrocebus Trouessart (patas monkeys)
- Leontocebus
- Lophocebus (crested mangabeys)
- Microcebus (mouse lemur)
- Nycticebus (slow lorises)
- Plecturocebus
- Rungwecebus (kipunjis)
- †Acrecebus
- †Dolichocebus
- †Chilecebus
References
Gracile capuchin monkey on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Cebus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Cebus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Cebus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Cebus at AnimalBase
- Cebus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Cebus in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
English
Noun
Cebus