Macaca nigra Desmarest 1822 (Celebes crested macaque)

Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae

Alternative combinations: Cynocephalus niger, Cynopithecus niger

Full reference: A. G. Desmarest. 1822. Mammalogie ou description des especes de mammiferes. Second partie, contenant les orders des rongeurs, des edentes, des pachydermes, des ruminans et des cetaces 277-556

Belongs to Macaca according to D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder 2005

See also Bradley 1904

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 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

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Macaca nigra in the database

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