Gyps is a genus of Old World vultures in the bird family Accipitridae. Created by Marie Jules César Savigny in 1809, it contains the following extant species: White-backed vulture, Gyps africanus White-rumped vulture, Gyps bengalensis Cape griffon, Gyps coprotheres Griffon vulture Gyps fulvus Himalayan vulture Gyps himalayensis Indian vulture, Gyps indicus - formerly long-billed vulture Rüppell's vulture, Gyps rueppelli Slender-billed vulture, Gyps tenuirostris - formerly included in G.