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Macaca

Mammal Genera

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.

Facts
Taxonomic Rank
Genus 1
Scientific Name
Macaca 1
Member Species/Taxa Count
23 1
Geographic Distribution
Asia from Japan to the Indian subcontinent, and in the case of the Barbary macaque, North Africa and Southern Europe 1
Defining Characteristics
Gregarious Old World monkeys of the subfamily Cercopithecinae 1
Identification
Distinguishing Appearance
Robust primates whose arms and legs are about the same in length 1
Classification
Living or Extinct
Yes 2
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1. Macaque - Wikipedia
  • Lead, first sentence
    constitute a genus (Macaca) of gregarious Old World monkeys of the subfamily Cercopithecinae.
  • Lead, first sentence, genus name in parentheses
    constitute a genus (Macaca) of gregarious Old World monkeys of the subfamily Cercopithecinae.
  • Lead
    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.
  • Lead, first sentence, group clause
    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.
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2. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ177601, descriptionView the Source
Wikidata: Macaca
Wikidata Q177601, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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