Pithecus
See also: -pithecus
Translingual
Etymology
Ancient Greek πίθηκος (píthēkos, “ape”)
Proper noun
Pithecus m
- (archaic) Many taxa of primates, of varied placements and circumscriptions.
- A taxonomic genus within the family Cercopithecidae.
Derived terms
- selected genera
- †Afropithecus
- Allenopithecus
- Anthropopithecus (syn. of Pan)
- †Ardipithecus
- Australopithecus
- †Bunopithecus
- †Caenopithecus
- Cercopithecus
- †Chororapithecus
- †Dryopithecus
- Galeopithecus (syn. of Cynocephalus)
- †Gigantopithecus
- Miopithecus
- †Parapithecus
- †Pierolapithecus
- Propithecus
- †Ramapithecus
- Rhinopithecus
- Semnopithecus
- †Sivapithecus
- Trachypithecus
- Theropithecus
- selected species
- Pithecus brookei (syn. of Pongo pygmaeus morio)
- Pithecus curtus (syn. of Pongo pygmaeus morio)
- Pithecus entellus ajax (syn. of Semnopithecus ajax)
- Pithecus fuscatus (syn. of Macaca fuscata)
- Pithecus owenii (syn. of Pongo pygmaeus morio)
- Pithecus shanicus (syn. of Trachypithecus melamera)
- Pithecus wallichii (syn. of Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus)
- For more see Pithecus at Index to Organism Names
References
- “Pithecus”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- Pithecus at Index to Organism Names
Pithecus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Pithecus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies - Primates at Paleobiology Database
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