Osteichthyes - Primates - Cercopithecidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 232427

Alternative combinations: Macacus silenus, Simia silenus

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 fuscata, Macaca hecki, Macaca leonina, Macaca leucogenys, Macaca maura, Macaca mordax, Macaca mulatta, Macaca munzala, Macaca nemestrina, Macaca nigra, Macaca nigrescens, Macaca ochreata, Macaca pagensis, Macaca phaeura, Macaca prisca, Macaca radiata, Macaca siberu, Macaca sinica, Macaca sylvanus, Macaca thibetana, Macaca tonkeana, Macacus (Pithex), Macacus cynomolgus, Macacus eocaenus, Macacus priscus, Macacus robustus, Macacus sivalensus

Ecology: scansorial insectivore