Macaca silenus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Lion-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

Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033818

Original name as described

Simia silenus

Other common names

Wanderoo

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

neotype

Type locality

"Ceylon." Corrected by J. Fooden in 1975 to India, Western Ghats, inland from Malabar coast.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

India

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000621

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.

Simia silenus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

silenus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

neotype

Authority page

26

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033818

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

Goldfuss (1809:55, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497836) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)

Cercopithecus Silenus

(Erxleben, 1777)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

silenus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

26

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872823

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:26, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872823) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Daudin (1802:145, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033395) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)

Macacus Silenus

Lesson, 1827

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

silenus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

40

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207471

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:40, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207471) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Cuvier (1842:2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  3. Lesson (1842:5) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  4. Fitzinger (1855:70) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65926)

Macaca silenus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

silenus

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 (2013:629) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12559) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12559) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000621) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12559/17951402) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Inuus silenus

(E. Blyth, 1863)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

silenus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

7

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534733

Authority publication

Calcutta

Name usages

Blyth (1863:7, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534733) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Cercopithecus Veter

(Erxleben, 1777)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

veter

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

24

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872821

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:24, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872821) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Daudin (1802:145, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033395) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)

Simia (Cercopithecus) silenus albibarbatus

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

albibarbata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

64

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664082

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Groves (2005:164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Simia (Cercopithecus) veter albibarbatus

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

albibarbata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

64

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664082

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Simia ferox

(G. K. Shaw, 1793)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

ferox

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

69

Authority publication

London

Name usages

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

Simia Veter

(J. B. Audebert, 1798)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

veter

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

Fam. 4, p. 4

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

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

Simia silanus

(F. Cuvier in É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & F. Cuvier, 1822)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

silanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

pl. 43 (p. 2)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43945785

Authority publication

Paris

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