Osteichthyes - Primates - Cercopithecidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 232422

Alternative combinations: Macaca sylvana, Simia sylvanus

Synonym: Simia inuus Linnaeus 1766 (taxon 232423)

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Macaca according to O. Thomas 1911

Sister taxa: Macaca arctoides, Macaca assamensis, Macaca cyclopis, Macaca fascicularis, Macaca florentina, Macaca mordax, Macaca mulatta, Macaca nemestrina, Macaca phaeura, Macaca prisca, Macaca radiata, Macaca silenus, Macaca sinica, Macaca thibetana, Macacus (Pithex), Macacus cynomolgus, Macacus eocaenus, Macacus priscus, Macacus robustus, Macacus sivalensus

Ecology: scansorial insectivore