Macaca majori, commonly known as the dwarf macaque, is a prehistoric macaque from the Early Pleistocene of Sardinia, Italy. Its temporal range runs from about 2 million to 0.8 million years ago, during the Nesogoral faunal complex, when it shared the island with the goat-antelope Nesogoral, the pig Sus sondaari, the hyena Chasmaporthetes, the pika Prolagus, the shrew Asoriculus and the mole Talpa tyrrhenica. It descended from the Barbary macaque. Tooth microwear shows that it fed on harder foods and occupied a different dietary niche from its mainland fossil relatives, and its upper molars have shorter, blunter cusps and much thicker enamel than theirs. These features mark it as a durophage that regularly ate seeds, nuts and fruits.
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Macaca majori, commonly known as the dwarf macaque, is a prehistoric macaque from the Early Pleistocene of Sardinia, Italy.
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Its temporal range spans from about 2 million to 0.8 million years ago, during the Nesogoral faunal complex, alongside the goat-antelope Nesogoral, the pig Sus sondaari, the hyena Chasmaporthetes, the pika Prolagus, the shrew Asoriculus, the mole Talpa tyrrhenica, the mustelid Pannonictis, and the dormouse Tyrrhenoglis.
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Macaca majori, commonly known as the dwarf macaque, is a prehistoric macaque from the Early Pleistocene of Sardinia, Italy.
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This likewise indicates that M. majori was a durophage that regularly consumed seeds, nuts, and fruits.
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Macaca majori, commonly known as the dwarf macaque, is a prehistoric macaque from the Early Pleistocene of Sardinia, Italy.
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Macaca majori, commonly known as the dwarf macaque, is a prehistoric macaque from the Early Pleistocene of Sardinia, Italy.
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Old World monkey genera include baboons (genus Papio), red colobus (genus Piliocolobus), and macaques (genus Macaca).
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