Subfamily Cercopithecinae (monkey)
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Parent taxon: Cercopithecidae according to M. Osterholz et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Cercopithecoides, Colobinae, Dinopithecus, Gorgopithecus, Libypithecus, Paracolobus, Paradolichopithecus, Parapapio, Procynocephalus
Subtaxa: Cercopithecini, Lophocebus, Papionini
Ecology: arboreal frugivore-folivore