Know Your Primate: Macaca nigra

Order: Primates Suborder: Haplorrhini Family: Cercopithecidae Subfamily: Cercopithecinae Genus: Macaca Species: Macaca nigra Common Name: Celebes crested black macaque The Celebes crested black macaque is found only in Indonesia – primarily on the island of Sulawesi. There are about 20 species of macaques, consequently, they have been divided into five species groups. The Celebes crested [...]

Know Your Primate: Macaca fuscata

Order: Primates Suborder: Anthropoidea Infraorder: Catarrhini Superfamily: Cercopithecoidea Family: Cercopithecidae Subfamily: Cercopithecinae Genus: Macaca Species: fuscata Subspecies: M. f. fuscata, M. f. yakui Common name: Japanese Macaque The Japanese macaque is one of the more interesting macaque species, in my opinion, mainly because of some of the interesting behavior it displays.

Know Your Primate: Rhesus Macaques

Did you really expect anything else given the recent news? Suborder: Anthropoidea Infraorder: Catarrhini Superfamily: Cercopithecoidea Family: Cercopithecidae Subfamily: Cercopithecinae Genus: Macaca Species: Macaca mulatta There are also six subspecies (although I am not sure which was used for the genome sequencing): M. m. brevicauda, M. m. lasiota, M. m. mulatta, M. m. sanctijohannis, M. [...]

Friday Know Your Primate: Lion Tailed Macaque

Order: Primates Family: Cercopithecidae Subfamily: Cercopithecinae Genus: Macaca Species: Macaca silenus