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SPECIES Macaca nigra

Author:Desmarest, 1822.
Citation:Mammalogie, in Encyclop. Meth., 2(Suppl.): 534.
Common Name:Celebes Crested Macaque
Type Locality:Indonesia, Sulawesi, Maluku, Bacan Isl.
Distribution:Sulawesi, east of Onggak Dumoga River, Lembeh Isl, Bacan Isl (Indonesia).
Status:CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Endangered.
Comments:M. nemestrina species group. Type species of Cynopithecus; see Fooden (1969). Includes nigrescens according to Groves (1980c, 1993), but separated again by Groves (2001c).
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Synonyms:

    lembicus (Miller, 1931)
    malayanus (Desmoulins, 1824)

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