Macaca fascicularis

(Raffles, 1821)

Long-tailed Macaque

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Primates
Suborder : Haplorhini
Infraorder : Simiiformes
Parvorder : Catarrhini
Superfamily : Cercopithecoidea
Family : Cercopithecidae
Subfamily : Cercopithecinae
Tribe : Papionini
Genus : Macaca

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Raffles, S. 1821-06-21. Descriptive catalogue of a zoological collection, made on account of the Honourable East India Company, in the island of Sumatra and its vicinity, under the direction of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, Lieutenant-Governor of Fort Marlborough; with additional notices illustrative of the natural history of those countries. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 13(1):239-274.

Original name as described

Simia fascicularis

Other common names

Crab-eating Macaque · Longtail Macaque · Burmese Long-talied Macaque · Con Song Long-tailed Macaque · Dark-crowned Long-tailed Macaque · Kemujan Long-tailed Macaque · Lasia Long-tailed Macaque · Maratua Long-tailed Macaque · Nicobar Long-tailed Macaque · Philippine Long-tailed Macaque · Simeulue Long-tailed Macaque

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Indonesia, Sumatra, (Bengkulu).

Biogeographic realm

Australasia · Indomalaya

Country distribution

Bangladesh · Myanmar · Thailand · Laos · Vietnam · Cambodia · Malaysia · Andaman and Nicobar Islands · Indonesia · Singapore · Brunei · East Timor · Philippines

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

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