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Macaca fascicularis (crab eating macaque)

Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae

Taxonomy
Simia fascicularis was named by Raffles (1822) [also said to be 1821]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Macaca fascicularis by Miller (1942), Hooijer (1962), Hooijer (1962), Jablonski (2002), Ruff (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. majori

Synonyms
  • Macacus irus was named by Blanford (1887). It is extant.

    It was recombined as Macaca irus by Chasen (1940); it was synonymized subjectively with Macaca fascicularis by Miller (1942).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1821Simia fascicularis Raffles
1822Simia fascicularis Raffles p. 246
1887Macacus irus Blanford p. 624
1940Macaca irus Chasen p. 66
1942Macaca fascicularis Miller, Jr. p. 126
1962Macaca fascicularis Hooijer p. 44
2002Macaca fascicularis Jablonski
2003Macaca fascicularis 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
speciesfascicularis(Raffles 1822)

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 fascicularis Raffles 1822 [crab eating macaque]
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Invalid names: Macacus irus Blanford 1887 [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: Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Calabrian - Chibanian1.8 - 0.129Indonesia (Jawa Timur) Macaca fascicularis (93521)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Indonesia (East Java) Macaca fascicularis (192507)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Philippines Macaca fascicularis (194834 194835 194836)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Malaysia (Selangor) Macaca fascicularis (235743)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Malaysia Macaca fascicularis (192522)