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/42945629Original 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
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