Macaca sinica

(Linnaeus, 1771)

Toque 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. 1771. Mantissa Plantarum altera generum editionis VI. & specierum editionis II. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 587 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42945629

Original name as described

Simia Sinica

Other common names

Common Toque Macaque · Dry Zone Toque Macaque · Wet Zone Toque Macaque · Dusky Toque Macaque · Lowland Wet Zone Toque Macaque · Highland Toque Macaque · Hill Zone Toque Macaque

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

no type locality.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Sri Lanka

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000622

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.

Macaca sinica inaurea

Pocock, 1931

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

inaurea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1915.3.1.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/678a55b6-5076-4c83-b08d-af50b5604d73 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fa2b10ca-daee-4fa0-af30-67e2a60e7f06

Authority page

286

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47540278

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

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

Macaca sinica aurifrons

Pocock, 1931

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

aurifrons

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1930.11.1.38

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8d51c45a-3a78-435e-9a4a-eb88cf5f721a https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/dc936fb8-33ff-4e57-8421-f19abf3438e6

Authority page

286

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47540278

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:638) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Macaca (Zati) sinica opisthomelas

Osman Hill, 1942

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

opisthomelas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1949.515

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/be150c88-1010-47fd-9d80-3ea1123476c6

Authority page

402

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48228166

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:638) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Macaca sinica longicaudata

Deraniyagala, 1965

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

longicaudata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CNM 2-S

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

261

Authority publication

Spolia Zeylanica

Name usages

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

Simia Sinica

(Linnaeus, 1771)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

sinica

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

521

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42945629

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

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

Simia sinensis

(G. Cuvier, 1797)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

sinensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

99

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637181

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Cuvier (1797:99, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)

Cercopithecus sinicus

(Erxleben, 1777)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

sinicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

41

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872838

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Erxleben (1777:41, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872838) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)

Macaca Sinensis

Daudin, 1802

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

sinensis

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)

Macacus sinicus

Lesson, 1827

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

sinicus

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. Cuvier (1842:1, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  3. Lesson (1842:5) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  4. Layard (1851:405, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13788005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67277)
  5. Kelaart (1852:8, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257283) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38608)
  6. Kelaart (1890:316) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60533)

Simia sinicus

(Kelaart, 1852)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

sinicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

155

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278675

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Kelaart (1852:155, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278675) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67270)

Macaca sinica

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

sinica

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 (2013:638) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12560) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12560) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000622) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12560/17951229) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

audeberti

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

audeberti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

164

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Macaca sinica sinica

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

sinica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:638) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

cercopithecus pileatus

(W. Ogilby, 1838)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

pileatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

308, 311

Authority publication

London

Name usages

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

Zati Audebertii

(H. G. L. Reichenbach, 1862)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

audebertii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

132

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47618988

Authority publication

Dresden

Macacus pileatus

E. Blyth, 1863

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

pileatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

9

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534731

Authority publication

Calcutta

Name usages

Blyth (1863:9, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534731) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

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