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Descriptor English: Cercopithecinae
Descriptor Spanish: Cercopithecinae
Descriptor Cercopithecinae
Scope note: Subfamilia de monos del Viejo Mundo, CERCOPITHECIDAE. Habitan en los bosques y sabanas de África. Esta subfamilia contiene los siguientes géneros: CERCOCEBUS, CERCOPITHECUS, ERYTHROCEBUS, MACACA, PAPIO y THEROPITHECUS.
Descriptor Portuguese: Cercopithecinae
Descriptor French: Cercopithecinae
Tree number(s): B01.050.150.900.649.313.988.400.112.199.120
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016663
Scope note: A subfamily of the Old World monkeys, CERCOPITHECIDAE. They inhabit the forests and savannas of Africa. This subfamily contains the following genera: CERCOCEBUS; CERCOPITHECUS; ERYTHROCEBUS; MACACA; PAPIO; and THEROPITHECUS.
Annotation: a subfamily of Old World monkeys: do not confuse with CERCOPITHECIDAE, the family; NIM when experimental animal; diseases: coordinate with MONKEY DISEASES
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CL classification
EM embryology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
SU surgery
UR urine
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 92
History Note: 92
DeCS ID: 30199
Unique ID: D016663
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Date Established: 1992/01/01
Date of Entry: 1991/01/24
Revision Date: 2017/07/11
Cercopithecinae - Preferred
Concept UI M0025394
Scope note A subfamily of the Old World monkeys, CERCOPITHECIDAE. They inhabit the forests and savannas of Africa. This subfamily contains the following genera: CERCOCEBUS; CERCOPITHECUS; ERYTHROCEBUS; MACACA; PAPIO; and THEROPITHECUS.
Preferred term Cercopithecinae



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