See text Theropithecus is a genus of primates in the family Cercopithecidae.

It contains a single living species, the gelada (Theropithecus gelada), native to the Ethiopian Highlands.

Additional species are known from fossils, including: The earliest remains probably belonging to the genus are from Kanapoi, Kenya, dating to the early Pliocene, around 4.1-4.2 million years ago.

[2] Although most remains are known from Africa,[2] during the Early Pleistocene the genus had a broader distribution ranging from southern Europe, including Spain[4] and possibly Italy,[5] to the Indian subcontinent.

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