Mesopithecus

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Fossil range: Late Miocene to Late Pliocene
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cercopithecidae
Subfamily: Colobinae
Genus: Mesopithecus
Species
  • M. pentelici

Mesopithecus ("middle monkey") is an extinct genus of Old World monkey.

The 40 cm (1 ft 4 in) long creature looked like a macaque and was probably the ancestor of today's gray langurs. Mesopithecus was adapted to both walking and climbing, possessing a slender body with long, muscular limbs and flexible fingers.

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