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Macaca sylvanus (Barbary macaque)

Mammalia - 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) and Jablonski (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

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
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
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