Humans, Old World monkeys, etc. (Catarrhini): Old World monkeys (Cercopithecidae)
The Old World monkeys or Cercopithecidae are a group of primates, falling in the superfamily Cercopithecoidea in the clade Catarrhini. The Old World monkeys are native to Africa and Asia today, inhabiting a range of environments from tropical rain forest to savanna, scrubland, and mountainous terrain, and are also known from Europe in the fossil record. However, a (possibly introduced) free-roaming group of monkeys still survives in Gibraltar (Europe) to this day. They include many of the most familiar species of non-human primates such as baboons and macaques.
Photo: Olive baboon
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