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Cercopithecini is a tribe of Old World monkey that includes several monkey species, including the vervet monkeys, talapoins, Allen's swamp monkeys and the guenons, all in Africa.

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Cercopithecini is a tribe of Old World monkey that includes several monkey species, including the vervet monkeys, talapoins, Allen's swamp monkeys and the guenons, all in Africa.

== Classification == Family Cercopithecidae Subfamily Cercopithecinae Tribe Cercopithecini Genus Allenopithecus - Allen's swamp monkey Genus Miopithecus - talapoins Genus Erythrocebus – patas monkeys Genus Chlorocebus – vervet monkeys, etc. Genus Allochrocebus – terrestrial guenons Genus Cercopithecus – guenons

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