Macaca fuscata

E. Blyth, 1875

Japanese 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

J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 44, 6

Original name as described

Macacus fuscatus

Other common names

Yakushima Macaque

Type material

RMNH.MAM.39404, RMNH.MAM.39405, RMNH.MAM.39406, RMNH.MAM.45486, RMNH.MAM.54921.a, RMNH.MAM.54921.b, RMNH.MAM.54922, RMNH.MAM.54923, RMNH.MAM.54924, RMNH.MAM.54925.a, RMNH.MAM.54925.b, RMNH.MAM.54926, RMNH.MAM.54927, RMNH.MAM.54928, RMNH.MAM.54929

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Japan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Japan

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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