Family Cercopithecidae Gray 1821 (monkey)
Synonym: Simia faunus Linnaeus 1758 [nomen dubium]
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1821. On the natural arrangement of vertebrose animals. The London Medical Repository Monthly Journal and Review 15:296-310
Parent taxon: Cercopithecoidea according to E. Delson et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Prohylobates, Victoriapithecidae
Subtaxa: Cercopithecinae, Cercopithecoides, Colobinae, Dinopithecus, Gorgopithecus, Libypithecus, Paracolobus, Paradolichopithecus, Parapapio, Procynocephalus
Ecology: arboreal frugivore-folivore