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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER PRIMATES
--> SUBORDER HAPLORRHINI
--> INFRAORDER SIMIIFORMES
--> SUPERFAMILY Cercopithecoidea
--> FAMILY Cercopithecidae
--> SUBFAMILY Cercopithecinae
--> GENUS Macaca
SPECIES Macaca silenus
| Author: | Linnaeus, 1758. | | Citation: | Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 26. | | Common Name: | Lion-tailed Macaque | | Type Locality: | "Ceylon" India, Western Ghats; see Osman Hill (1974:652). | | Distribution: | SW India, Western Ghats. | | Status: | CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA and IUCN – Endangered. | | Comments: | M. nemestrina species group. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
albibarbatus (Kerr, 1792)
ferox (Shaw, 1792)
veter (Audebert, 1798)
vetulus (Erxleben, 1777)
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