Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Alternative combinations: Macaca sylvana, Simia sylvanus
Synonym: Simia inuus Linnaeus 1766
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Macaca according to O. Thomas 1911
See also Jablonski 2002, Kurten 1968 and Linnaeus 1758
Sister taxa: Macaca anderssoni, Macaca arctoides, Macaca assamensis, 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 thibetana, Macaca tonkeana, Macacus (Pithex), Macacus cynomolgus, Macacus eocaenus, Macacus priscus, Macacus robustus, Macacus sivalensus
Ecology: arboreal frugivore-folivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of France (1 collection), Germany (2), Greece (1), Israel (1), Italy (1), Romania (2), Spain (4), the United Kingdom (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Greece (1)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
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