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

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. Semnopithecus
    1. Gray langurs (Semnopithecus entellus)
  4. Macaca
    1. Macaques (Macaca nemastrina)
  5. Nasalis
    1. Proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus)
  6. Mandrillus
    1. Mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx)

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The brain of the macaque Macaca nemastrina

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Macaque hippocampus

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