Brains of this World: Old world Monkeys

By Tonny Mulder

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All about the brains of the old world monkeys

Old World Monkeys
Macaque Brain

Old World Monkeys

Old World monkeys are primates in the family Cercopithecidae. Twenty-four genera and 138 species are recognized, making it the largest primate family. Old World monkey genera include:

  1. Papio
    1. Baboons (Papio anubis)
  2. Piliocolobus
    1. Red colobus (Piliocolobus kirkii)
  3. Nasalis
    1. Proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus)
  4. Semnopithecus
    1. Gray langurs (Semnopithecus entellus)
  5. Macaca
    1. Macaques (Macaca nemastrina)
  6. Mandrillus
    1. Mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx)

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The brain of the macaque Macaca nemastrina

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Origin of the Macaque Brain

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Macaque hippocampus

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Sensory system

Visual information

Olfactory information

Modulating systems

Motor systems



Hinke Boer, Fons Brauers, Andy Louter, Lindsey Pennaertz, Aisha Raja and Tonny Mulder - University of Amsterdam