Cebus

See also: cebús

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κῆβος (kêbos, “a long-tailed monkey”)

Proper noun

Cebus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cebidae – slender capuchin monkeys.

Synonyms

• (genus): Sapajus (the oldest synonym)

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Primates - order; Haplorrhini - suborder; Simiiformes - infraorder; Platyrrhini - parvorder; Cebidae - family; Cebinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Cebus capucinus - type species; Cebus albifrons, Cebus kaapori, Cebus olivaceus - species, currently; Cebus apella, Cebus flavius, Cebus libidinosus, Cebus nigritus, Cebus xanthosternos - species, formerly, now in Sapajus

Coordinate terms

• (genus): Sapajus (new)

Derived terms

terms derived from Cebus

• Allocebus (hairy-eared dwarf lemur)
• Allochrocebus (terrestrial guenons)
• Arctocebus (angwantibos)
• Callicebus (titi monkeys)
• Cercocebus (capped mangabeys)
• Cheracebus
• Chlorocebus (vervet monkeys, green monkeys)
• Erythrocebus Trouessart (patas monkeys)
• Leontocebus
• Lophocebus (crested mangabeys)
• Microcebus (mouse lemur)
• Nycticebus (slow lorises)
• Plecturocebus
• Rungwecebus (kipunjis)
• †Acrecebus
• †Dolichocebus
• †Chilecebus

References

• Gracile capuchin monkey on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cebus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Cebus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Cebus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Cebus at AnimalBase
• Cebus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Cebus in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.

English

Noun

Cebus

1. plural of Cebu

Anagrams

• cubes