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 mordax, Macaca mulatta, Macaca nemestrina, Macaca phaeura, Macaca prisca, Macaca radiata, Macaca sinica, Macaca sylvanus, Macaca thibetana, Macacus (Pithex), Macacus cynomolgus, Macacus eocaenus, Macacus priscus, Macacus robustus, Macacus sivalensus
Ecology: scansorial insectivore