Macaca mulatta

(E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1780)

Rhesus 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

Zimmermann, E.A.W. von. 1780. Geographische Geschichte des Menschen, und der vierfüßigen Thiere. Zweiter Band. Weygandsche Buchhandlung, Leipzig, 432 pp.

Authority publication link

https://publikationsserver.tu-braunschweig.de/receive/dbbs_mods_00021827

Original name as described

Cercopithecus mulatta

Other common names

Rhesus Monkey

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

India, based solely on Tawny Monkey, a menagerie animal (presumably observed in London), not preserved, identified by Pennant in 1771. Restricted by R. Pocock in 1932 to "Nepal Tarai" (= Terai), the narrow plain that extends along the southern border of Nepal.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Palearctic

Country distribution

Afghanistan · Pakistan · India · China · Nepal · Bhutan · Bangladesh · Myanmar · Thailand · Laos · Vietnam

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000612

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Pithecus brachyurus

(D. G. Elliot, 1909)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

brachyura

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

AMNH M-27577

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-27577

Authority page

251

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097630

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Pithecus brevicaudus

(D. G. Elliot, 1913)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

brevicauda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

AMNH M-27577

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-27577

Authority page

216

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40610023

Authority publication

New York

Macaca (Pithex) oinops

Hodgson, 1840

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

oinops

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1843.1.12.5

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

1212

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39935995

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Inuus sancti-johannis

(Swinhoe, 1867)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

sanctijohannis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1868.12.29.10

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/511f797b-7c54-4026-9dd6-af1be8e4a700 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6b56cfe8-fca9-4f80-8422-d642395b7e10

Authority page

556

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28628066

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Macacus lasiotus

J. E. Gray, 1868

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

lasiota

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1871.4.21.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/62ff89d4-99ca-4345-ad9c-a1763a8e9aa7 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c8781dad-a918-47a9-bda6-496666a3ce0e

Authority page

60

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Pithecus littoralis

(D. G. Elliot, 1909)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

littoralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1900.5.8.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/731a9193-31cf-4544-8fc7-f6f360823e9a https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f796c74d-bde4-4f6e-821f-96c3d6589730

Authority page

250

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097629

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Macaca mulatta mcmahoni

Pocock, 1932

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

mcmahoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1920.6.11.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9bdede1c-caf4-495a-a8ae-5d3e809585be https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fe26a5e3-2cd2-48f3-9c11-8a957b1d34c6

Authority page

544

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47858715

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Cercopithecus mulatta

(E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1780)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

mulatta

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

195

Authority publication

Leipzig

Simia Cercopithecus fulvus

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

fulva

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

73

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664091

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Simia erythraea

(von Schreber, 1797)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

erythraea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

pl. 8C

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31059888

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Simia erythraea

(G. K. Shaw, 1800)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

erythraea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

33

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150666

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Simia rhesus

(Audebert, 1798)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

rhesus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

5

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58948715

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Goldfuss (1809:54, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497835) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Macacus Tcheliensis

A. Milne-Edwards, 1869

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

tcheliensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1867-557

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1867-557

Authority page

pl. 32, pl. 33

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39564261

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Macacus vestitus

A. Milne-Edwards, 1892

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

vestita

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1891-388

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1891-388

Authority page

671

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11139328

Authority publication

Revue générale des sciences pures et appliquées

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Macacus rhesus villosus

F. W. True, 1894

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

villosa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:20120 (= USNM:MAMM:A35485)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/325ab1e1a-4cc8-4a4c-998e-263e79679747

Authority page

2

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15674967

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Macaca siamica

Kloss, 1917

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

siamica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZRC 4-188/2530

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

247

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12264247

Authority publication

Journal of the Natural History Society of Siam

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Macaca rhesus

Daudin, 1802

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

rhesus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

148

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033398

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Daudin (1802:148, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033398) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)

Simia Mulatta

(Goldfuss, 1809)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

mulatta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

61

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497895

Authority publication

Erlangen

Name usages

Goldfuss (1809:61, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497895) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)

Macacus rhesus

Lesson, 1827

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

rhesus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

42

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207473

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:42, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207473) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1842:5) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Macacus erythraeus

C. F. Cuvier, 1842

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

erythraeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518524

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Cuvier (1842:1, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)

Macaca mulatta

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

mulatta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

87

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:87) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:235) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Smith & Xie (2008:163) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  6. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:645) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12554) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12554) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000612) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12554/256057746) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Macaca mulatta brevicaudatus

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

brevicaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

163

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:163) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Macaca mulatta lasiotus

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

lasiotus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

163

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:163) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Macaca mulatta littoralis

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

littoralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

163

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:163) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Macaca mulatta siamica

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

siamica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

163

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:163) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Macaca mulatta tcheliensis

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

tcheliensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

163

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:163) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Macaca mulatta vestita

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

vestita

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

163

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:163) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Inuus rhesus

(E. Blyth, 1863)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

rhesus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

8

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534732

Authority publication

Calcutta

Name usages

Blyth (1863:8, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534732) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Macaca (Pithex) nipalensis

Hodgson, 1840

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

nipalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

1212

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39935995

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Papio Rhaesus

(Percy, 1844)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

rhaesus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

83

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862377

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Macacus lasiotis

J. E. Gray, 1868

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

lasiotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectoriginalspelling

Authority page

figure caption

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Macacus tchiliensis

E. Blyth, 1875

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

tchiliensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

6

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Cercopithecus malatta

(J. Anderson, 1879)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

malatta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

56 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34124632

Authority publication

London

Macacus lariotis

von Mollendorf, 1889

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

lariotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

9

Authority publication

Mittheilungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Natur- und Volkerkunde Ostasiens in Tokio

Macaca lasiotis tscheliensis

De Beaux, 1923

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

tscheliensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

28

Authority publication

Atti della Societa Ligure di Scienze e Lettere

Macaca brevicaudatus

Tate, 1947

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

brevicaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

134

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5825089

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Groves (2005:163) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Macaca mulata

Tate, 1947

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

mulata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

132

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5825087

Authority publication

New York

Macaca mullata

Khajuria, 1955

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

mullata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

113

Authority publication

Records of the Indian Museum

Macaca mullatta

Khajuria, 1955

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

mullatta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

114

Authority publication

Records of the Indian Museum

Macaca mulatta momahoni

Buettner-Janusch, 1963

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

momahoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

52

Authority publication

book

Macaca cinops

Chiarelli, 1972

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

cinops

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

208

Authority publication

London

Macaca simica

C. M. Yang & L. M. Chou, 1985

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

simica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

56

Authority publication

Acta Zoologica Fennica

Macaca mulatta teheliensis

Jiang Xuelong, Wang Yingxiang, & Ma Shilai, 1991

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

teheliensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

241

Authority publication

Zoological Research

Macaca mulatta momachori

Peng Yanzhang, Pan Ruliang, Yu Fahong, Ye Zhizhang, & Wang Hong, 1993

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

momachori

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

5

Authority publication

Acta Theriologica Sinica

Macaca mulatta momahori

Peng Yanzhang, Pan Ruliang, Yu Fahong, Ye Zhizhang, & Wang Hong, 1993

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

momahori

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

4

Authority publication

Acta Theriologica Sinica

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