Definitions for Old World monkey
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1. Old World monkey, catarrhinenoun

   of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close together

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1. Old World monkeynoun

   A group of primates, falling in the superfamily Cercopithecoidea in the clade Catarrhini.

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1. Old World monkey

   Old World monkey is the common English name for a family of primates known taxonomically as the Cercopithecidae (). Twenty-four genera and 138 species are recognized, making it the largest primate family. Old World monkey genera include baboons (genus Papio), red colobus (genus Piliocolobus) and macaques (genus Macaca). Common names for other Old World monkeys include the talapoin, guenon, colobus, douc (douc langur, genus Pygathrix), vervet, gelada, mangabey (a group of genera), langur, mandrill, surili (Presbytis), patas, and proboscis monkey. Phylogenetically, they are more closely related to apes than to New World monkeys. They diverged from a common ancestor of New World monkeys around 45 to 55 million years ago.The smallest Old World monkey is the talapoin, with a head and body 34–37 cm in length, and weighing between 0.7 and 1.3 kg. The largest is the male mandrill, around 70 cm in length, and weighing up to 50 kg. Old World monkeys have a variety of facial features; some have snouts, some are flat nosed, and many exhibit coloration. Most have tails, but they are not prehensile. Old World monkeys are native to Africa and Asia today, inhabiting numerous environments: tropical rain forests, savannas, shrublands, and mountainous terrain. They inhabited much of Europe in the past; today, the only survivors in Europe are the Barbary macaques of Gibraltar. Whether they are native to Gibraltar or were brought by humans is unknown. Some Old World monkeys are arboreal, such as the colobus monkeys; others are terrestrial, such as the baboons. Most are at least partially omnivorous, but all prefer plant matter, which forms the bulk of their diets. Most are highly opportunistic, primarily eating fruit, but also consuming almost any food items available, such as flowers, leaves, bulbs and rhizomes, insects, snails, small mammals, and garbage and handouts from humans.

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1. old world monkey

   Old World monkeys are a group of primates native to Africa and Asia, including the families Cercopithecidae (baboons, macaques, etc.) and Colobinae (colobus monkeys, langurs, etc.). They are generally different from New World monkeys because they lack prehensile tails, have opposable thumbs, sitting pads on their rumps, and exhibit greater sexual dimorphism. They also have a different dental structure. Their complex social systems, high intelligence, and range of physical adaptations make them successful in a variety of habitats. These monkeys are majorly terrestrial, but some species are arboreal. They are omnivorous, though species diet may be more plant or meat-focused. Conservation status varies by species, with some classified as endangered.

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1. Old World monkey

   The Old World monkeys or Cercopithecidae are a group of primates, falling in the superfamily Cercopithecoidea in the clade of Catarrhini. The Old World monkeys are native to Africa and Asia today, inhabiting a range of environments from tropical rain forest to savanna, shrubland and mountainous terrain, and are also known from Europe in the fossil record. However, a free-roaming group of monkeys still survives in Gibraltar to this day. Old World monkeys include many of the most familiar species of nonhuman primates, such as baboons and macaques.

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