Macaca is a genus of Old World monkeys comprising 23 species, most listed as vulnerable to critically endangered, found across Asia from Japan to the Indian subcontinent and, in the case of the Barbary macaque, in North Africa and Gibraltar in southern Europe. Macaques are robust monkeys with arms and legs of similar length, rounded muzzles and tails that vary by species from long to absent, and they are principally frugivorous, also eating seeds, leaves, flowers and bark. Social groups are organized around dominant matriarchs.
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Taxonomic Rank Scientific Name Member Species/Taxa Count Geographic DistributionAsia from Japan to the Indian subcontinent, and in the case of the Barbary macaque, North Africa and Southern Europe 1 Defining CharacteristicsGregarious Old World monkeys of the subfamily Cercopithecinae 1 Member Count Band Era First Appeared Identification
Distinguishing AppearanceRobust primates whose arms and legs are about the same in length 1 Classification
Living or Extinct Connections
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Source Arunachal macaque (Wikipedia)
Source Assam macaque (Wikipedia)
Source Formosan rock macaque (Wikipedia)
Source Gorontalo macaque (Wikipedia)
Source Heck's macaque (Wikipedia)
Source Moor macaque (Wikipedia)
Source Muna-Buton macaque (Wikipedia)
Source Northern pig-tailed macaque (Wikipedia)
Source Pagai Island macaque (Wikipedia)
Source Siberut macaque (Wikipedia)
Source Southern pig-tailed macaque (Wikipedia)
Source Toque macaque (Wikipedia)
Source White-cheeked macaque (Wikipedia)
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1. Macaque - Wikipedia
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constitute a genus (Macaca) of gregarious Old World monkeys of the subfamily Cercopithecinae.
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constitute a genus (Macaca) of gregarious Old World monkeys of the subfamily Cercopithecinae.
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The 23 species of macaques inhabit ranges throughout Asia, North Africa, and Europe (in Gibraltar).
Description
Aside from humans (genus Homo), the macaques are the most widespread primate genus, ranging from Japan to the Indian subcontinent, and in the case of the Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus), to North Africa and Southern Europe.
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gregarious Old World monkeys of the subfamily Cercopithecinae
Description, first sentence
Macaques are robust primates whose arms and legs are about the same in length.
View the Source2. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ177601, descriptionView the Source 3. Catalogue of Life (ChecklistBank): Taxon metrics for Macaca
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"speciesExtantCount": 24
4. Paleobiology Database: Taxon record for Macaca
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"taxon_name": "Macaca" ... "firstapp_max_ma": 11.63 ... "early_interval": "Tortonian"
Wikidata: Macaca
Wikidata Q177601, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Arunachal macaque (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Arunachal macaque, Lead, genusQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Arunachal macaque, Lead, genus
is a macaque native to Eastern Himalayas of Bhutan, China and India
Toque macaque (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Toque macaque, TaxonomyQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Toque macaque, Taxonomy
The generic name Macaca is from Portuguese macaco, of unclear origin
Assam macaque (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Assam macaque, Lead, genusQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Assam macaque, Lead, genus
The Assam macaque (Macaca assamensis)
Formosan rock macaque (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Formosan rock macaque, Lead, genusQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Formosan rock macaque, Lead, genus
The Formosan rock macaque (Macaca cyclopis)
Moor macaque (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Moor macaque, Lead, genusQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Moor macaque, Lead, genus
The Moor macaque (Macaca maura)
Pagai Island macaque (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Pagai Island macaque, Lead, genusQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Pagai Island macaque, Lead, genus
The Pagai Island macaque (Macaca pagensis)
Gorontalo macaque (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Gorontalo macaque, Lead, scientific nameQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Gorontalo macaque, Lead, scientific name
The Gorontalo macaque or Dumoga-bone macaque (Macaca nigrescens) is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae.
Muna-Buton macaque (Wikipedia)
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The Muna-Buton macaque (Macaca ochreata brunnescens) is a macaque sub-species
Siberut macaque (Wikipedia)
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The Siberut macaque (Macaca siberu) is a vulnerable species of macaque, which is endemic to Siberut Island in Indonesia.
Southern pig-tailed macaque (Wikipedia)
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The southern pig-tailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina)
Northern pig-tailed macaque (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Northern pig-tailed macaque, Lead, genusQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Northern pig-tailed macaque, Lead, genus
The northern pig-tailed macaque (Macaca leonina)
Heck's macaque (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Heck's macaque, Lead, genusQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Heck's macaque, Lead, genus
Heck's macaque (Macaca hecki)
White-cheeked macaque (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: White-cheeked macaque, Lead, genusQuote, Parent Taxon Of: White-cheeked macaque, Lead, genus
It is one of twenty-three extant species in the genus Macaca
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