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Colobinae
Colobinae
Translingual
Proper noun
Colobinae
- A taxonomic subfamily within the family Cercopithecidae – the colobus monkeys, proboscis monkeys and the gray langurs etc.
Hypernyms
- (subfamily): Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - infraclass; Epitheria - magnorder; Euarchontoglires - superorder; Primates - order; Haplorrhini - suborder; Simiiformes - infraorder; Catarrhini - parvorder; Cercopithecoidea - superfamily; Cercopithecidae - family
Hyponyms
- (subfamily): Colobus, Nasalis, Piliocolobus, Procolobus, Presbytis, Pygathrix, Rhinopithecus, Semnopithecus, Simias, Trachypithecus (genera)