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Evolutionary morphology of the guenon postcranium and its taxonomic implications

  • Eric J. Sargis
  • , Carl J. Terranova
  • , Daniel L. Gebo

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Abstract

Guenons (Primates, Cercopithecini) are relatively smallbodied (Table 16.1) Old World monkeys endemic to Africa. They exhibit a variety of substrate preferences, spanning from arboreal to semiterrestrial to terrestrial (Table 16.2). The ancestral guenon was likely arboreal; indeed, the postcranial morphology of semiterrestrial guenons, including the basal Allenopithecus (Tosi et al., 2004, 2005), resembles that of their arboreal relatives (Gebo and Sargis, 1994). Morphological modifications attributable to terrestriality are only found in three guenon taxa (Gebo and Sargis, 1994): patas monkeys (Erythrocebus patas), the lhoesti group (Cercopithecus lhoesti, C. preussi, and C. solatus), and vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops; Manaster, 1979; Anapol and Gray, 2003; Anapol et al., 2005).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationVertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology
PublisherSpringer
Pages361-372
Number of pages12
Edition9781402069963
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameVertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology
Number9781402069963
ISSN (Print)1877-9077

Keywords

  • Bivariate plot
  • Bone length
  • Physical anthropology
  • Taxonomic implication
  • Vervet monkey

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