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guenon

(Encyclopedia) guenon: see monkey.

guereza

(Encyclopedia) guereza: see monkey.

ouakari

(Encyclopedia) ouakari: see monkey.

mangabey

(Encyclopedia) mangabey: see monkey.

vervet

(Encyclopedia) vervet: see monkey.

titi

(Encyclopedia) titi: see monkey.

monkey

(Encyclopedia) monkey, any of a large and varied group of mammals of the primate order. The term monkey includes all primates that do not belong to the categories human, ape, or prosimian; however,…

Proconsul, in zoology

(Encyclopedia) Proconsul, extinct group of apes. Proconsul fossils have been discovered in E Africa. It had a mixture of ape and Old World monkey characteristics, and lived from 23 to 25 million…

Levi, Primo

(Encyclopedia) Levi, PrimoLevi, Primoprēˈmō lāˈvē [key], 1919–87, Italian writer. A chemist of Jewish descent, Levi was sent to the concentration camp at Auschwitz during World War II. His first…