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Macaca sylvanus (Barbary macaque)

Osteichthyes - Primates - Cercopithecidae

Taxonomy
Simia sylvanus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Macaca sylvana by Kurten (1968); it was recombined as Macaca sylvanus by Thomas (1911), Jablonski (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. majori

Synonyms
  • Simia inuus was named by Linnaeus (1766). It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Macaca sylvanus by Thomas (1911).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Simia sylvanus Linnaeus p. 25
1766Simia inuus Linnaeus
1911Macaca sylvanus Thomas p. 125
1968Macaca sylvana Kurten p. 58
2002Macaca sylvanus Jablonski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
speciessylvanus()

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 sylvanus Linnaeus 1758 [Barbary macaque]
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Invalid names: Simia inuus Linnaeus 1766 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Italy (Tuscany) Macaca sylvana (51812)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Greece Macaca sylvanus (34592)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774France (Alpes Maritimes) Macaca sp. (50342)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Romania Macaca sylvana (32145 32195)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Israel Macaca sylvana (37026)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Murcia) Macaca sylvanus (34128)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greece Macaca sylvanus (199939)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Valencia) Macaca sylvanus (221421 221424)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Verona) Macaca sylvana (43655)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Baden-Wuerttemberg) Macaca sylvanus (50259)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Macaca sylvanus (36206)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Norfolk) Macaca sylvanus (49816)
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene0.774 - 0.0United Kingdom Macaca sylvanus (197163)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain (Valencia) Macaca sylvanus (221415)