Macaques
(Macaca fascicularis) Mother and child in the Ubud Monkey Forest Sanctuary (Bali, Indonesia)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Family: Cercopithecidae Subfamily: Cercopithecinae Genus: Macaca Lacepede, 1799
Type species
Simia inuus Linnaeus, 1758 = Simia sylvanus Linnaeus, 1758
Species
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Crab-eating macaque eating an ice-cream popsicle at Prang Sam Yot, Lopburi, Thailand

Japanese Macaque at the Toronto Zoo

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Aside from humans (genus Homo), the macaques are the most widespread primate genus, ranging from northern Africa to Japan. Twenty-two macaque species are currently recognised, and they include some of the monkeys best known to non-zoologists, such as the Rhesus Macaque (as the Rhesus Monkey), Macaca mulatta, and the Barbary Macaque (as the Barbary Ape), M. sylvanus, a colony of which lives on the Rock of Gibraltar. Although several species lack tails, and their common names therefore refer to them as apes, these are true monkeys, with no greater relationship to the true apes than any other Old World monkeys. This article is about modern humans. ... Species Homo sapiens See text for extinct species. ... Families 15, See classification A primate is any member of the biological order Primates, the group that contains all the species commonly related to the lemurs, monkeys, and apes, with the latter category including humans. ... A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ... Binomial name Macaca mulatta (Zimmermann, 1780) The Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta), often called the Rhesus Monkey, is one of the best known species of Old World monkeys. ... Binomial name (Linnaeus, 1758) The Barbary Macaque (Macaca sylvanus) is a tail-less macaque. ... This article is about the biological superfamily. ...

Several species of macaque are used extensively in animal testing. For other uses, see Animal testing (disambiguation). ...

In the late 1990s it was discovered that nearly all (circa 90%) pet or captive macaques are carriers of the herpes-B virus. This virus is harmless to macaques, but infections of humans, while rare, are potentially fatal. A 2005 University of Toronto study showed that urban performing macaques also carried simian foamy virus, suggesting they could be involved in the species-to-species jump of similar retroviruses to humans.[1] For the band, see 1990s (band). ... An asymptomatic carrier (or just carrier), is a person who is infected with an infectious disease or carries the abnormal gene of a recessive genetic disorder, but displays no symptoms. ... ... Monkey B Virus (Cercopithecine herpesvirus 1 (B virus)) is a rare but highly leathal demyelinating virus that has been documented killing humans when spread from simians. ... This article is about biological infectious particles. ... The University of Toronto (U of T) is a public research university in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... The Simian Foamy Virus (SFV) is closely related to HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Its discovery in primates has led to some speculation that HIV may have been spread to the human species in Africa through contact with blood from apes and monkeys through hunting bushmeat. ...

Species list

Genus Macaca

• M. sylvanus group
  • Barbary Macaque, Macaca sylvanus
• M. nemestrina group
  • Lion-tailed Macaque, Macaca silenus
  • Southern Pig-tailed Macaque or Beruk, Macaca nemestrina
  • Northern Pig-tailed Macaque, Macaca leonina
  • Pagai Island Macaque, Macaca pagensis
  • Siberut Macaque, Macaca siberu
  • Moor Macaque, Macaca maura
  • Booted Macaque, Macaca ochreata
  • Tonkean Macaque, Macaca tonkeana
  • Heck's Macaque, Macaca hecki
  • Gorontalo Macaque, Macaca nigriscens
  • Celebes Crested Macaque, Macaca nigra
• M. fascicularis group
  • Crab-eating Macaque, Macaca fascicularis
  • Stump-tailed Macaque, Macaca arctoides
• M. mulatta group
  • Rhesus Macaque, Macaca mulatta
  • Formosan Rock Macaque, Macaca cyclopis
  • Japanese Macaque, Macaca fuscata
• M. sinica group
  • Toque Macaque, Macaca sinica
  • Bonnet Macaque, Macaca radiata
  • Assam Macaque, Macaca assamensis
  • Tibetan Macaque, Macaca thibetana
  • Arunachal Macaque, Macaca munzala

Binomial name (Linnaeus, 1758) The Barbary Macaque (Macaca sylvanus) is a tail-less macaque. ... Binomial name Macaca silenus (Linnaeus, 1758) The Lion-tailed Macaque (Macaca silenus) is an Old World monkey that lives only in southwest India. ... Binomial name Macaca nemestrina (Linnaeus, 1766) The Southern Pig-tailed Macaque (Macaca nemestrina) is a medium-sized Old World monkey endemic to the subtropical/dry forests of Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. ... Binomial name (Blyth, 1863) The Northern Pig-tailed Macaque (Macaca leonina) is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family. ... Binomial name Macaca pagensis (Miller, 1903) The Pagai Island Macaque (Macaca pagensis), also known as the Mentawai Macaque , Mentawai Island Macaque, Pagai Macaque, or Bokkoi is an Old World monkey that lives on the Mentawai islands of the west coast of Sumatra. ... Binomial name Macaca maura (F. Cuvier, 1823) The Moor Macaque (Macaca maura) has brown/black body fur with a pale rump patch and pink bare skin on the rump. ... Binomial name Macaca ochreata (Ogilby, 1841) The Booted Macaque (Macaca ochreata) is a macaque of the Sulawesi island, Indonesia. ... Binomial name (Meyer, 1899) The Tonkean Black Macaque or Tonkean Macaque (Macaca tonkeana) is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family. ... Binomial name Macaca hecki (Matschie, 1901) The Hecks Macaque (Macaca hecki) is a macaque of the Sulawesi island, Indonesia. ... Binomial name (Temminck, 1849) The Dumoga-bone Macaque or Gorontalo Macaque (Macaca nigrescens) is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family. ... Binomial name Macaca nigra (Desmarest, 1822) The Celebes Crested Macaque (Macaca nigra), also known as the Black Ape, is an Old World monkey that lives in the northeast of the Indonesian island Sulawesi (Celebes) as well as on smaller neighboring islands. ... Binomial name Macaca fascicularis Raffles, 1821 The Crab-eating Macaque (Macaca fascicularis) is an arboreal macaque native to South-East Asia. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Binomial name Macaca mulatta (Zimmermann, 1780) The Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta), often called the Rhesus Monkey, is one of the best known species of Old World monkeys. ... Binomial name Macaca cyclopis (Swinhoe, 1862) The Formosan Rock Macaque (Macaca cyclopis) is a macaque living in Taiwan and has been introduced to Japan. ... Binomial name Macaca fuscata Blyth, 1875 The Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata), also known as the Snow Monkey, is a terrestrial Old World monkey species native to northern Japan, although an introduced free-ranging population has been living near Laredo, Texas since 1972. ... Binomial name Macaca sinica (Linnaeus, 1771) The Toque Macaque (Macaca sinica) is a redish-brown color monkey enedemic to Sri Lanka. ... Binomial name Macaca radiata (E. Geoffroy, 1812) The Bonnet Macaque (Macaca radiata) is a macaque living in India. ... Binomial name Macaca assamensis (McClelland, 1839) The Assam Macaque (Macaca assamensis) is a macaque living in Nepal, Vietnam and southern China. ... Binomial name Macaca thibetana (Milne-Edwards, 1870) The Tibetan Macaque (Macaca thibetana), or Milne-Edwards Macaque is found in China, Tibet and Vietnam. ... Binomial name Macaca munzala Sinha et al. ...

See also

• Britches (monkey) - an infant macaque used in sight-deprivation experiments who was removed from the laboratory by the Animal Liberation Front.
• Nafovanny — the largest captive-breeding non-human primate facility in the world, housing 30,000 long-tailed macaques.
• Natasha (monkey) — a macaque who began walking on her hind legs after a stroke.

Britches after being removed from the laboratory by the Animal Liberation Front Britches was the name given by researchers to a stumptail macaque monkey who was born into a breeding colony at the University of California, Riverside in March 1985. ... Beagles stolen by British ALF activists from a testing laboratory owned by the Boots Group. ... Nafovannys maternity clinic. ... Natasha is a black macaque at the Safari Park zoo near Tel Aviv, Israel. ...

References

• Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 161-165. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 

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External links

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• CDC papers on Herpes B in macaques
• Macaque Monkey Brain Atlas
• British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection film about macaques in laboratories, featuring primatologists Dr. Jane Goodall and Dr. Steven Brend
• Primate Info Net Macaca Factsheets