Cercopithecoides

Cercopithecoides is an extinct genus of colobine monkey from Africa which lived during the latest Miocene to the Pleistocene period. There are several recognized species,^[2] with the smallest close in size to some of the larger extant colobines, and males of the largest species weighed over 50 kilograms (110 lb).

Cercopithecoides Temporal range: Miocene–Pleistocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
A female C. kimeui skull
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	Cercopithecidae
Subfamily:	Colobinae
Genus:	†Cercopithecoides Mollett, 1947[1]
Species
†C. bruneti Pallas et al., 2019[2] †C. kimeui Leakey, 1982[3] †C. williamsi Mollett, 1947[4](type species)

The type species, Cercopithecoides williamsi, was named by O. D. Mollett in 1947, based on a partial cranium and mandible of a male individual from Makapansgat, South Africa.^[5] It has since been found across many Pliocene and Pleistocene sites in South Africa, Angola, and Kenya.^[6][7][8] The largest species, Cercopithecoides kimeui, was named by Meave Leakey in 1982, based on fossils found in Kenya and Tanzania.^[6]