Macaca leucogenys
Li Cheng, Zhao Chao, & Fan Pengfei, 2015
White-cheeked 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
Authority citation
Li, C., Zhao, C. and Fan, P.-f. 2015-07. White-cheeked macaque (_Macaca leucogenys_): A new macaque species from Medog, southeastern Tibet. American Journal of Primatology 77(7):753-766.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22394Original name as described
Macaca leucogenys
Type material
photographed specimen
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Gangrigebu (29° 28' 19.73" N, 95° 49' 25.00" E), 2410 m, Mêdog County, Tibet [= Xizang], China.
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya
Country distribution
China · India
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Li, C., Zhao, C., & Fan, P. F. (2015). White‐cheeked macaque (Macaca leucogenys): A new macaque species from Medog, southeastern Tibet. American Journal of Primatology, 77(7), 753-766.
IUCN Red List status
Endangered
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