Macaca selai
A. Ghosh, Thakur, S. K. Singh, Dutta, L. K. Sharma, Chandra, & Banerjee, 2022
Sela 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
Authority citation
Ghosh, A., Thakur, M., Singh, S.K., Dutta, R., Sharma, L.K., Chandra, K. and Banerjee, D. 2022-09. The Sela macaque (_Macaca selai_) is a distinct phylogenetic species that evolved from the Arunachal macaque following allopatric speciation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 174:107513.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107513Original name as described
Macaca selai
Type material
Photographed specimen
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Nyukmadung (27.4057°N, 92.1332°E), West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh, altitude 2016 above sea level."
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya
Country distribution
India · China? · Bhutan?
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Ghosh, A., Thakur, M., Singh, S. K., Dutta, R., Sharma, L. K., Chandra, K., & Banerjee, D. (2022). The Sela macaque (Macaca selai) is a distinct phylogenetic species that evolved from the Arunachal macaque following allopatric speciation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 107513.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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