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SPECIES Macaca sylvanus

Author:Linnaeus, 1758.
Citation:Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 25.
Common Name:Barbary Macaque
Type Locality:North Africa, "Barbary coast".
Distribution:Morocco, Algeria, Gibraltar (introduced).
Status:CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Vulnerable.
Comments:M. sylvanus species group. See Fooden (1976:226) for the use of this name.
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Synonyms:

    ecaudatus (É. Geoffroy, 1812)
    inuus (Linnaeus, 1766)
    pithecus (Schreber, 1799)
    pygmaeus (Reichenbach, 1863)

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