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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

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
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealf
Diet: frugivoref
Diet 2: folivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:20:00
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Malaysia (Perak) Macaca nemestrina (235742)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Thailand (Chaiyaphum) Macaca nemestrina (237787)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Malaysia Macaca nemestrina (192522)