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Pygathrix nemaeus (red-shanked douc)

Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae

Taxonomy
Simia nemaea was named by Linnaeus (1771) [in Linnaeus; not sure about the year]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Pygathrix nemaeus by Thomas (1911), Washburn (1944) and Whittaker et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1771Simia nemaea Linnaeus
1788Simia nemaea Gmelin
1911Pygathrix nemaeus Thomas p. 127
1944Pygathrix nemaeus Washburn p. 291
2006Pygathrix nemaeus Whittaker et al. p. 889

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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
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
subfamilyColobinaeJerdon 1867
genusPygathrixGeoffroy 1812
speciesnemaeus(Linnaeus 1771)

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.

Pygathrix nemaeus Linnaeus 1771 [red-shanked douc]
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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, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991

Age range: Middle Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129China (Guangdong) Pygathrix nemaeus (40341)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117China (Guangdong) Pygathrix nemaeus (13293)