Crab-eating Macaque
species of mammal
The crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis) is a monkey. It is mostly native to Southeast Asia. It is also called the cynomolgus monkey, Philippine monkey, and the long-tailed macaque.
| Crab-eating Macaque | |
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| Ngarai Sianok, Bukittinggi, West Sumatra | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Cercopithecidae |
| Genus: | Macaca |
| Species: | M. fascicularis
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| Binomial name | |
| Macaca fascicularis Raffles, 1821
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| Crab-eating macaque range | |
| Synonyms[2][3][4][5] | |
In 2018, scientists in China cloned the crab-eating macaque. They named the two baby monkeys Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua.[6]
References
change- ↑ Ong, P.; Richardson, M. (2008). "Macaca fuscicularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
- ↑ P H Napier; C P Groves (July 1983). "Simia fascicularis Raffles, 1821 (Mammalia, Primates): request for the suppression under the plenary powers of Simia aygula Linnaeus, 1758, a senior synonym. Z.N.(S.) 2399". Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 40 (2): 117–118. ISSN 0007-5167. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
Simia aygula is quite clearly the Crab-eating or Long-tailed Macaque, as Buffon opined as early as 1766.
- ↑ J. D. D. Smith (2001). "Supplement 1986-2000" (PDF). Official List and Indexes of Names and Works in Zoology. International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
Suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority, but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy
- ↑ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). "Macaca fascicularis fascicularis". Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ↑ Linnaeus, Carl (1758). Systema naturæ. Regnum animale (10th ed.). Sumptibus Guilielmi Engelmann. p. 27. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
- ↑ White-house, David (14 January 2000). "Scientists 'clone' monkey". BBC News. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
