Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Alternative combination: Cercopithecus mulatta
Synonyms: Macacus (Pithex) oinops Hodgson 1840, Macacus rhesus Audebert 1798, Simia (Cercopithecus) fulvus Kerr 1792, Simia erythraea Shaw 1800, Simia rhesus Audebert 1798
Belongs to Macaca according to M. A. C. Hinton and R. C. Wroughton 1921
See also Allen 1938, Bradley 1904, Jablonski 2002, Kurten 1968, Meireles et al. 1999 and Owen 1853
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 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 (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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