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Macaca assamensis

Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae

Taxonomy
Macacus assamensis was named by MacClelland (1839). It is extant.

It was recombined as Macaca assamensis by Hinton and Wroughton (1921), Dào (1967).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. majori

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Macacus assamensis MacClelland
1840Macacus (Pithex) pelops Hodgson p. 1213
1843Macacus (Pithex) pelops Gray
1870Macacus problematicus Gray
1872Macacus rhesosimilis Sclater p. 495
1921Macaca assamensis Hinton and Wroughton p. 669
1967Macaca assamensis Dào p. 117

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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
speciesassamensis(MacClelland 1839)

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 assamensis MacClelland 1839
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Invalid names: Macacus (Pithex) pelops Hodgson 1840 [synonym], Macacus problematicus Gray 1870 [synonym], Macacus rhesosimilis Sclater 1872 [synonym]
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Middle Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Vietnam (Lang Son) Macaca assamensis (92781)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129China (Guangdong) Macaca assamensis (40341)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117China (Guangdong) Macaca assamensis (13293)