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Macaca (macaque)
Taxonomy
Macaca was named by Lacépède (1799). It is extant.
It was corrected as Macacus by Gray (1825), Schlosser (1877), Pilgrim (1915) and Zhang et al. (1980).
It was assigned to Cercopithecini by Gray (1825); to Cynopithecinae by Schlosser (1877); to Primates by Zhang et al. (1980); to Cercopithecidae by Pilgrim (1915), Hooijer (1962), Kurten (1968) and McKenna and Bell (1997); to Macacina by Jablonski (2002); to Papionini by Xing et al. (2005); and to Cercopithecinae by Wilson and Reeder (2005).
It was corrected as Macacus by Gray (1825), Schlosser (1877), Pilgrim (1915) and Zhang et al. (1980).
It was assigned to Cercopithecini by Gray (1825); to Cynopithecinae by Schlosser (1877); to Primates by Zhang et al. (1980); to Cercopithecidae by Pilgrim (1915), Hooijer (1962), Kurten (1968) and McKenna and Bell (1997); to Macacina by Jablonski (2002); to Papionini by Xing et al. (2005); and to Cercopithecinae by Wilson and Reeder (2005).
Species
M. anderssoni, M. arctoides, M. assamensis (syn. Macacus (Pithex) pelops, Macacus problematicus, Macacus rhesosimilis), M. cyclopis, M. fascicularis (syn. Macacus irus), M. florentina, M. fuscata, M. hecki, M. jiangchuanensis, M. leonina, M. leucogenys, M. libyca, M. maura, M. mordax, M. mulatta (syn. Simia (Cercopithecus) fulvus, Simia rhesus, Simia erythraea, Macacus (Pithex) oinops), M. munzala, M. nemestrina, M. nigra, M. nigrescens, M. ochreata, M. pagensis, M. phaeura, M. prisca, M. radiata, M. siberu, M. silenus, M. sinica (syn. Cynamolgus (Zati) audeberti), M. sylvanus (syn. Simia inuus), M. thibetana, M. tonkeana, Macacus (Pithex), Macacus cynomolgus, Macacus eocaenus, Macacus priscus, Macacus robustus, Macacus sivalensus
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1799 | Macaca Lacépède |
| 1825 | Macacus Gray p. 338 |
| 1877 | Macacus Schlosser p. 17 |
| 1915 | Macacus Pilgrim p. 6 |
| 1962 | Macaca Hooijer p. 440 |
| 1968 | Macaca Kurten p. 58 |
| 1980 | Macacus Zhang et al. |
| 1997 | Macaca McKenna and Bell |
| 2002 | Macaca Jablonski |
| 2005 | Macaca Wilson and Reeder |
| 2005 | Macaca Xing et al. |
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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.
G. Macaca Lacépède 1799 [macaque]
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†Macaca anderssoni Schlosser 1924
Macaca arctoides Geoffroy 1831 [stump-tailed macaque]
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]
Macaca cyclopis Swinhoe 1863 [Formosan rock macaque]
Macaca fascicularis Raffles 1822 [crab eating macaque]
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Invalid names: Macacus irus Blanford 1887 [synonym]
†Macaca florentina Cocchi 1872
Macaca fuscata Blyth 1875
Macaca hecki Matschie 1901
†Macaca jiangchuanensis Pan et al. 1992
Macaca leonina Blyth 1863
Macaca leucogenys Li et al. 2015
†Macaca libyca Stromer 1920
Macaca maura Schinz 1825
Macaca mordax Thomas and Wroughton 1909
Macaca mulatta Zimmermann 1780 [rhesus monkey]
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Invalid names: Macacus (Pithex) oinops Hodgson 1840 [synonym], Simia (Cercopithecus) fulvus Kerr 1792 [synonym], Simia erythraea Shaw 1800 [synonym], Simia rhesus Audebert 1798 [synonym]
Macaca munzala Sinha et al. 2005
Macaca nemestrina Linnaeus 1766 [southern pig-tailed macaque]
Macaca nigra Desmarest 1822 [Celebes crested macaque]
Macaca nigrescens Temminck 1849
Macaca ochreata Ogilby 1841
Macaca ochreata brunnescens Matschie 1901
Macaca pagensis Miller 1903
Macaca phaeura Miller 1903
†Macaca prisca Gervais 1859
Macaca radiata Geoffroy 1812 [bonnet macaque]
Macaca siberu Fuentes and Olson 1995
Macaca silenus Linnaeus 1758 [lion-tailed macaque]
Macaca sinica Linnaeus 1771 [toque macaque]
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Invalid names: Cynamolgus (Zati) audeberti Reichenbach 1862 [synonym]
Macaca sylvanus Linnaeus 1758 [Barbary macaque]
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Invalid names: Simia inuus Linnaeus 1766 [synonym]
Macaca thibetana Milne-Edwards 1870 [Tibetan macaque]
Macaca tonkeana Meyer 1899
Subg. Macacus (Pithex) Hodgson 1840
Macacus cynomolgus Schreber 1775
†Macacus eocaenus Owen 1846
†Macacus priscus Gervais 1859
†Macacus robustus Young
†Macacus sivalensus Lydekker 1878
Invalid names: Eopithecus [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available