Papionini is a tribe of

Old World monkey Old World monkeys are primates in the family Cercopithecidae (). Twenty-four genera and 138 species are recognized, making it the largest primate family. Old World monkey genera include baboons (genus '' Papio''), red colobus (genus '' Piliocolob ...

s that includes several large

monkey Monkey is a common name that may refer to most mammals of the infraorder Simiiformes, also known as simians. Traditionally, all animals in the group now known as simians are counted as monkeys except the apes. Thus monkeys, in that sense, co ...

species, which include the

macaque The macaques () constitute a genus (''Macaca'') of gregarious Old World monkeys of the subfamily Cercopithecinae. The 23 species of macaques inhabit ranges throughout Asia, North Africa, and Europe (in Gibraltar). Macaques are principally f ...

s of North Africa and Asia, as well as the

baboon Baboons are primates comprising the biology, genus ''Papio'', one of the 23 genera of Old World monkeys, in the family Cercopithecidae. There are six species of baboon: the hamadryas baboon, the Guinea baboon, the olive baboon, the yellow ba ...

s, geladas, mangabeys, kipunji, drills, and

mandrill The mandrill (''Mandrillus sphinx'') is a large Old World monkey native to west central Africa. It is one of the most colorful mammals in the world, with red and blue skin on its face and posterior. The species is Sexual dimorphism, sexually ...

s, which are essentially from sub-Saharan Africa (although some baboons also occur in southern Arabia). It is typically divided into two subtribes: Macacina for the genus ''Macaca'' and its extinct relatives and the Papionina for all other genera.

Classification

* Family

Cercopithecidae Old World monkeys are primates in the family (biology), family Cercopithecidae (). Twenty-four genus, genera and 138 species are recognized, making it the largest primate family. Old World monkey genera include baboons (genus ''Papio''), red colo ...

** Subfamily Cercopithecinae *** Tribe Cercopithecini *** Tribe Papionini **** Genus '' Macaca'' – macaques **** Genus '' Lophocebus'' – crested mangabeys **** Genus '' Rungwecebus'' – highland mangabey (kipunji) **** Genus '' Papio'' – baboons **** Genus '' Theropithecus'' – gelada **** Genus '' Cercocebus'' – white-eyelid mangabeys **** Genus ''

Mandrillus ''Mandrillus'' is a genus of large Old World monkeys distributed throughout Central Africa, central and southern Africa, consisting of two species: ''M. sphinx'' and ''M. leucophaeus'', the mandrill and drill (animal), drill, respectively. ''Mand ...

'' – drill and mandrill *** Fossil genera **** Genus '' Dinopithecus'' ****Genus '' Gorgopithecus'' **** Genus '' Paradolichopithecus'' **** Genus '' Parapapio'' **** Genus '' Pliopapio'' **** Genus '' Procercocebus'' ****Genus '' Procynocephalus'' ****Genus '' Soromandrillus''

References

Mammal tribes Extant Pliocene first appearances Pliocene primates Taxa named by Gilbert Thomas Burnett Taxa described in 1828 {{oldworld-monkey-stub