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SPECIES Macaca mulatta

Author:Zimmermann, 1780.
Citation:Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere, 2: 195.
Common Name:Rhesus Monkey
Type Locality:India, Nepal Terai.
Distribution:Afghanistan and India to N Thailand, China, and Hainan Isl (China).
Status:CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).
Comments:M. mulatta species group. Revised by Fooden (2000).
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Synonyms:

    brachyurus (Elliot, 1909)
    brevicaudatus (Elliot, 1913)
    erythraea (Shaw, 1800)
    fulvus (Kerr, 1792)
    lasiotus (Gray, 1868)
    littoralis (Elliot, 1909)
    mcmahoni Pocock, 1932
    nipalensis Hodgson, 1840
    oinops Hodgson, 1840
    rhesus (Audebert, 1798)
    sancti-johannis (Swinhoe, 1866)
    siamica Kloss, 1917
    tcheliensis (Milne-Edwards, 1872)
    vestita (Milne-Edwards, 1892)
    villosa (True, 1894)

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