''Theropithecus'' is a genus of primates in the family Cercopithecidae. It contains a single living species, the

gelada The gelada (''Theropithecus gelada'', am, ጭላዳ, translit=č̣əlada), sometimes called the bleeding-heart monkey or the gelada baboon, is a species of Old World monkey found only in the Ethiopian Highlands, living at elevations of above se ...

(''Theropithecus gelada''), native to the

Ethiopian Highlands The Ethiopian Highlands is a rugged mass of mountains in Ethiopia in Northeast Africa. It forms the largest continuous area of its elevation in the continent, with little of its surface falling below , while the summits reach heights of up to . ...

. Additional species are known from fossils, including: *'' Theropithecus brumpti'' *'' Theropithecus darti'' *'' Theropithecus oswaldi''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q9087293 Papionini Primate genera Mammal genera with one living species Taxa named by Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire Taxa described in 1843