Macaca nigra

(A. G. Desmarest, 1822)

Crested 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

Desmarest, A.G. 1822-07-06. Mammalogie ou description des espèces de mammifères. Seconde partie, contenant les ordres des rongeurs, des édentés, des pachydermes, des ruminans et des cétacés. Veuve Agasse, Paris, 277-555 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521978

Original name as described

cynocephalus niger

Other common names

Black Crested Macaque · Celebes Black Ape · Celebes Black Macaque · Celebes Crested Macaque · Celebes Macaque · Sulawesi Black Macaque · Sulawesi Crested Black Macaque

Type material

MNHN-ZM-AC-A1463

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/ac-a1463

Type locality

"One of the islands of the Indian Archipelago."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000615

Country distribution map

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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.

cynocephalus niger

(A. G. Desmarest, 1822)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

nigra

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-AC-A1463

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/ac-a1463

Authority page

534

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521978

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:45, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207476) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Cynopithecus lembicus

(G. S. Miller, 1931)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

lembica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:217573

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3aba4f9dd-8e13-4a0f-afcf-39105a79039d

Authority page

413

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

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

Macaca nigra

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

nigra

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 (1982:236) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  4. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:630) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12556) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12556) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000615) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12556/17950422) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cynocephalus malayanus

(Desmoulins, 1824)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

malayana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

262

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25675442

Authority publication

Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle

Name usages

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

Cynopithecus niger

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1834)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

niger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

66

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Lesson (1842:6) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Inuus niger

(J. A. Wagner, 1840)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

niger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

147

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31071786

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Cynopithecus aethiops

(H. G. L. Reichenbach, 1863)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

aethiops

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

163

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47619019

Authority publication

Dresden

Macacus niger

Schlegel, 1876

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

niger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

119

Authority publication

Muséum d'histoire naturelle des Pays-Bas

Papio (Inuus) niger

(Matschie, 1901)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

niger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

247

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25232480

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft

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