Rungwecebus Davenport et al. 2006 (monkey)

Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae

Full reference: T.R. Davenport, W.T. Stanley, E.J. Sargis, D.W. De Luca, N.E. Mpunga, S.J. Machaga, and L.E. Olson. 2006. A new genus of African monkey, Rungwecebus: morphology, ecology, and molecular phylogenetics. Science 312(5778):1378-1381

Parent taxon: Cercopithecidae according to C. J. Burgin et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Anomalopithecus, Cercopithecinae, Colobinae, Colobinae, Semnopithecus, Simia faunus

Subtaxa: Rungwecebus kipunji

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Ecology: arboreal frugivore-folivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Rungwecebus in the database

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