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Macaca nemestrina (southern pig-tailed macaque)

Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae

Taxonomy
Simia nemestrina was named by Linnaeus (1766). It is extant.

It was recombined as Macacus nemestrinus by Owen (1853), Hooijer (1962); it was recombined as Macaca nemestrina by Ruff (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. majori

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1766Simia nemestrina Linnaeus
1853Macacus nemestrinus Owen p. 741
1962Macacus nemestrinus Hooijer p. 445
2003Macaca nemestrina Ruff

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
infraorderHaplorhini(Pocock 1918)
—Anthropoidea(Mivart 1864)
infraorderCatarrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
superfamilyCercopithecoidea
familyCercopithecidae
subfamilyCercopithecinae
tribePapionini
genusMacacaLacépède 1799
speciesnemestrina(Linnaeus 1766)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Macaca nemestrina Linnaeus 1766 [southern pig-tailed macaque]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available