Macaca

Macaca sylvanus (barbary ape)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cercopithecoidea

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Familia: Cercopithecidae
Subfamilia: Cercopithecinae
Tribus: Papionini
Genus: Macaca
Species: M. arctoides - M. assamensis - M. cyclopis - M. fascicularis - M. fuscata - M. hecki - M. leonina - M. maura - M. mulatta - M. munzala - M. nemestrina - M. nigra - M. nigriscens - M. ochreata - M. pagensis - M. radiata - M. siberu - M. silenus - M. sinica - M. sylvanus - M. thibetana - M. tonkeana

Name

Macaca, Lacépède, 1799

Type species: Simia inuus Linnaeus, 1766 (= Simia sylvanus Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms

• Aulaxinus Cocchi, 1872
• Cynamolgus Reichenbach, 1862
• Cynomacaca Khajuria, 1953
• Cynopithecus É. Geoffroy, 1835
• Gymnopyga Gray, 1866
• Inuus É. Geoffroy, 1812
• Lyssodes Gistel, 1848
• Magotus Ritgen, 1824
• Magus Lesson, 1827
• Maimon Wagner, 1839
• Nemestrinus Reichenbach, 1862 [not of Latreille, 1802]
• Ouanderou Lesson, 1840
• Pithes Burnett, 1828
• Rhesus Lesson, 1840
• Salmacis Gloger, 1841
• Silenus Goldfuss, 1820
• Sylvanus Oken, 1816 [unavailable]
• Vetulus Reichenbach, 1862
• Zati Reichenbach, 1862

Vernacular names

Ελληνικά: Μακάκος
English: Macaque
Nederlands: Makaken
ไทย: ลิงกัง, ลิงวอก, ลิงแสม, ลิงเสน
Türkçe: Şebek
українська: Макака

Comments

Placed in a separate subtribe, Macacina, from other members of the Papionini, by McKenna and Bell (1997).

References

• Macaca in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, D. E. & Reeder, D. M. (eds.) (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0801882214

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