Macaca fuscata
(E. Blyth, 1875)
Japanese Macaque
Distribution :
Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, and adjacent small islands (Japan); Yaku Isl (Ryukyu Isls, Japan)
Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 526
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Primates |
| Suborder | : Haplorhini |
| Infraorder | : Simiiformes |
| Parvorder | : Catarrhini |
| Superfamily | : Cercopithecoidea |
| Family | : Cercopithecidae |
| Subfamily | : Cercopithecinae |
| Tribe | : Papionini |
| Genus | : Macaca |
Species status
Authority citation
Blyth, E. 1875-08. Catalogue of mammals and birds of Burma. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 44(Suppl. 2):1-167.
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Original name as described
Inuus fuscatus
Other common names
Yakushima Macaque
Type material
RMNH.MAM.39404, RMNH.MAM.39405, RMNH.MAM.39406, RMNH.MAM.45486, RMNH.MAM.54921, RMNH.MAM.54922, RMNH.MAM.54923, RMNH.MAM.54924, RMNH.MAM.54925, RMNH.MAM.54926, RMNH.MAM.54927, RMNH.MAM.54928, RMNH.MAM.54929
Type kind
syntypes
Type specimen URI
Type locality
Japan.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Japan
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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Names and synonyms
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