Mesopithecus
Sign in to saveMesopithecus ("middle monkey" for being between Hylobates and Semnopithecus in build) is an extinct genus of Old World monkey belonging to the subfamily Colobinae that lived in Eurasia during the Late Miocene and Pliocene epochs, around 8.2-2.6 million years ago. == Description == Mesopithecus had a body length of about , possessing a slender body with long, muscular limbs and flexible fingers.