Cebus

See also: cebús

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κῆβος (kêbos, “a long-tailed monkey”)

Proper noun

Cebus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cebidae – slender capuchin monkeys.

Synonyms

• (genus): Sapajus (the oldest synonym)

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Primates - order; Haplorrhini - suborder; Simiiformes - infraorder; Platyrrhini - parvorder; Cebidae - family; Cebinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): , , ,  - species, currently; , , , ,  - species, formerly, now in Sapajus

Coordinate terms

• (genus): Sapajus (new)

Derived terms

terms derived from Cebus

• (hairy-eared dwarf lemur)
• (terrestrial guenons)
• (angwantibos)
• (titi monkeys)
• Cercocebus (capped mangabeys)
• Chlorocebus (vervet monkeys, green monkeys)
• (patas monkeys)

• Lophocebus (crested mangabeys)
• Microcebus (mouse lemur)
• (slow lorises)
• Rungwecebus (kipunjis)
• †Acrecebus
• †Dolichocebus
• †Chilecebus

References

• Gracile capuchin monkey on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cebus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Cebus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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Cebus at National Center for Biotechnology Information

Cebus at AnimalBase

Cebus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

Cebus in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.

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English

Noun

Cebus

1. plural of Cebu

Anagrams

• cubes