Macaca assamensis MacClelland 1839 (macaque)

Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae

Alternative combination: Macacus assamensis

Synonyms: Macacus (Pithex) pelops Hodgson 1840, Macacus problematicus Gray 1870, Macacus rhesosimilis Sclater 1872

Belongs to Macaca according to V. T. Dào 1967

See also Hinton and Wroughton 1921

Sister taxa: Macaca anderssoni, Macaca arctoides, Macaca cyclopis, Macaca fascicularis, Macaca florentina, Macaca fuscata, Macaca hecki, Macaca jiangchuanensis, Macaca leonina, Macaca leucogenys, Macaca libyca, Macaca maura, Macaca mordax, Macaca mulatta, Macaca munzala, Macaca nemestrina, Macaca nigra, Macaca nigrescens, Macaca ochreata, Macaca pagensis, Macaca phaeura, Macaca prisca, Macaca radiata, Macaca siberu, Macaca silenus, Macaca sinica, Macaca sylvanus, Macaca thibetana, Macaca tonkeana, Macacus (Pithex), Macacus cynomolgus, Macacus eocaenus, Macacus priscus, Macacus robustus, Macacus sivalensus

Ecology: arboreal frugivore-folivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of China (2 collections), Vietnam (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.