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Cercopithecus cephus
Mustache Mus*tache" (m[u^]s*t[.a]sh"; 277), n.; pl. Mustaches. [Written also moustache.] [F. moustache, It. mostaccio visage, mostacchio mustache, fr. Gr. my`stax upper lip and the beard upon it; cf. ma`stax mouth: cf. Sp. mostacho.] 1. That part of the beard which grows on the upper lip; hair left growing above the mouth. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A West African monkey (Cercopithecus cephus). It has yellow whiskers, and a triangular blue mark on the nose. 3. (Zo["o]l.) Any conspicuous stripe of color on the side of the head, beneath the eye of a bird.
Cercopithecus cynosurus
Malbrouck Mal"brouck, n. [F.] (Zo["o]l.) A West African arboreal monkey (Cercopithecus cynosurus).
Cercopithecus Diana
Diana Di*a"na, n. [L. Diana.] (Myth.) The daughter of Jupiter and Latona; a virgin goddess who presided over hunting, chastity, and marriage; -- identified with the Greek goddess Artemis. And chaste Diana haunts the forest shade. --Pope. Diana monkey (Zo["o]l.), a handsome, white-bearded monkey of West Africa (Cercopithecus Diana).
Cercopithecus griseo-viridis
Grivet Griv"et (gr[i^]v"[e^]t), n. [Cf. F. grivet.] (Zo["o]l.) A monkey of the upper Nile and Abyssinia (Cercopithecus griseo-viridis), having the upper parts dull green, the lower parts white, the hands, ears, and face black. It was known to the ancient Egyptians. Called also tota.
Cercopithecus mona
Mona Mo"na, n. [CF. Sp. & Pg. mona, fem. of mono a monkey, ape.] (Zo["o]l.) A small, handsome, long-tailed West American monkey (Cercopithecus mona). The body is dark olive, with a spot of white on the haunches.
Cercopithecus or Miopithecus talapoin
Talapoin Tal"a*poin (t[a^]l"[.a]*poin), n. (Zo["o]l.) A small African monkey (Cercopithecus, or Miopithecus, talapoin) -- called also melarhine.
Cercopithecus pluto
Pluto Plu"to, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (Class. Myth.) The son of Saturn and Rhea, brother of Jupiter and Neptune; the dark and gloomy god of the Lower World. Pluto monkey (Zo["o]l.), a long-tailed African monkey (Cercopithecus pluto), having side whiskers. The general color is black, more or less grizzled; the frontal band is white.
Cercopithecus pygerythrus or Lelandii
Vervet Ver"vet, n. (Zo["o]l.) A South African monkey (Cercopithecus pygerythrus, or Lelandii). The upper parts are grayish green, finely specked with black. The cheeks and belly are reddish white.
Cercopithecus ruber
Patas Pa*tas", n. (Zo["o]l.) A West African long-tailed monkey (Cercopithecus ruber); the red monkey.

Meaning of Cercopithecus from wikipedia

- (UK: /ɡəˈnɒnz/, US: /ˈɡwɛn.ənz/) are Old World monkeys of the genus Cercopithecus (/ˌsɜːrkəˈpɪθəkəs/). Not all members of this genus have the word "guenon"...
- in Congo Cercopithecus mitis kolbi – Kolb's monkey, found in Kenya Cercopithecus mitis mitis – Pluto monkey, found in Angola Cercopithecus mitis moloneyi...
- PMID 34813123. S2CID 244490598. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cercopithecus kandti. Wikispecies has information related to Cercopithecus kandti....
- sun-tailed monkey (Cercopithecus solatus) Animal Info 2004 Harrison, Michael J. S. (1988). "A new species of guenon (genus Cercopithecus) from Gabon". Journal...
- species of monkeys including Lowe's mona monkey (Cercopithecus lowei) and the crested mona monkey (Cercopithecus pogonias). The mona monkey is a common and...
- white-throated guenon: Red-bellied guenon, Cercopithecus erythrogaster erythrogaster Nigerian white-throated guenon, Cercopithecus erythrogaster po****i Wikispecies...
- species: Cercopithecus ascanius ascanius Cercopithecus ascanius atrinasus Cercopithecus ascanius katangae Cercopithecus ascanius whitesidei Cercopithecus ascanius...
- Preuss's monkey: Cameroon Preuss's monkey, Cercopithecus preussi preussi Bioko Preuss's monkey, Cercopithecus preussi insularis Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson...
- predator sightings. The vervet monkey was previously classified as Cercopithecus aethiops, now renamed 'grivet', and reclassified as Chlorocebus. The...
- patas monkey Cercopithecus (Linnaeus, 1758) - forest guenons Cercopithecus solatus (M. J. S. Harrison, 1988) - sun-tailed guenon Cercopithecus preussi (Matschie...