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Macaca hecki

(Heck's Macaque, Macaques)

Conservation Status

History:

  • 1988-Vulnerable as M. tonkeana hecki (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
  • 1990-Vulnerable (IUCN 1990)
  • 1994-Vulnerable (Groombridge 1994)
  • 1996-Lower Risk/near threatened (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)

Threats:

  • 1 Habitat Loss/Degradation (human induced) (ongoing)

For info on these threat codes, see here.

Taxonomy

  • Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
    • Kingdom: Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
      • Subkingdom: Bilateria (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
        • Branch: Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
          • Infrakingdom: Chordonia (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
            • Phylum: Chordata Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
              • Subphylum: Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
                • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
                  • Superclass: Tetrapoda Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
                    • Class: Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - Mammals
                      • Subclass: Theriiformes (Rowe, 1988) McKenna & Bell, 1997:vii,36
                        • Infraclass: Holotheria (Wible et al., 1995) McKenna & Bell, 1997:vii,43
                          • Superlegion: Trechnotheria McKenna, 1975
                            • Legion: Cladotheria McKenna, 1975
                              • Sublegion: Zatheria McKenna, 1975
                                • Infralegion: Tribosphenida (McKenna, 1975) McKenna & Bell, 1997:vii,48
                                  • Supercohort: Theria (Parker & Haswell, 1897) McKenna & Bell, 1997:viii,49 - Therians
                                    • Cohort: Placentalia (Owen, 1837) McKenna & Bell, 1997:viii,80 - Placentals
                                      • Superorder: Preptotheria (McKenna, 1975) McKenna in Stucky & McKenna in Benton, ed., 1993:7
                                        • Grandorder: Archonta (Gregory, 1910) McKenna, 1975:41
                                          • Order: Primates Linnaeus, 1758 - Primates
                                            • Suborder: Euprimates (Hoffstetter, 1978) McKenna & Bell, 1997:viii,328

Physical Description

Distribution

Similar Species

Members of the genus Macaca:

There are approximately 87 species and subspecies in this genus: M. albobarbatus · M. arctoides (Bear Macaque) · M. arctoides arctoides · M. arctoides melli · M. assamensis (Assam Macaque) · M. assamensis assamensis (Eastern Assamese Macaque) · M. assamensis coolidgei · M. assamensis pelops (Western Assamese Macaque) · M. cyclopis (Formosan Rock Macaque) · M. cynomolgus · M. fascicularis (Crab-Eating Macaque) · M. fascicularis argentimembris · M. fascicularis atriceps (Dark-Crowned Long-Tailed Macaque) · M. fascicularis aurea (Burmese Long-Talied Macaque) · M. fascicularis condorensis (Con Song Long-Tailed Macaque) · M. fascicularis fascicularis (Crab-Eating Macaque) · M. fascicularis fusca (Simeulue Long-Tailed Macaque) · M. fascicularis karimondjawae (Kemujan Long-Tailed Macaque) · M. fascicularis lasiae (Lasia Long-Tailed Macaque) · M. fascicularis mindanensis · M. fascicularis mordax · M. fascicularis phaeura · M. fascicularis philippensis · M. fascicularis philippinensis (Crab-Eating Macaque) · M. fascicularis pumila · M. fascicularis sublimitis · M. fascicularis tua (Maratua Long-Tailed Macaque) · M. fascicularis umbrosa (Crab-Eating Macaque) · M. fascicularus · M. fasciularis · M. florentina · M. fuscata (Japanese Macaque) · M. fuscata fuscata (Japanese Macaque) · M. fuscata yakui (Yakushima Macaque) · M. hecki (Heck's Macaque) · M. irida · M. irus · M. irus condorensis · M. irus umbrosa · M. leonina (Northern Pigtail Macaque) · M. libyca · M. majori · M. maura (Moor Macaque) · M. maurus (Celebes Macaque) · M. mulatta (Rhesus Macaque) · M. mulatta mcmahoni · M. mulatta mulatta · M. mulatta villosa · M. mullata · M. munzala · M. nemestrina (Pig-Tailed Macaque) · M. nemestrina blythii · M. nemestrina leonina · M. nemestrina nemestrina (Pigtail Macaque) · M. nemestrinas · M. nemestrinus · M. nigra (Celebes Black Macaque) · M. nigra lembicus · M. nigra maurus · M. nigra Nigra · M. nigrescens (Dumoga-Bone Macaque) · M. ochreata (Booted Macaque) · M. ochreata brunnescens (Muna-Buton Macaque) · M. ochreata ochreata (Booted Macaque) · M. pagensis (Mentawai Macaque) · M. pagensis pagensis (Pagai Macaque) · M. pagensis siberu (Siberut Macaque) · M. philippinensis mindanensis · M. prisca · M. radiata (Bonnet Macaque) · M. radiata diluta (Bonnet Macaque) · M. radiata radiata (Bonnet Macaque) · M. rhesus · M. rhesus erythaeus · M. silenus (Lion-Tailed Macaque) · M. sinica (Toque Macaque) · M. sinica aurifrons (Dusky Toque Macaque) · M. sinica inaurea · M. sinica opisthomelas · M. sinica sinica (Dry Zone Toque Macaque) · M. sinics · M. sinicus · M. sylvana · M. sylvanus (Barbary Ape) · M. thibetana (Père David's Macaque) · M. tonkeana (Tonkean Black Macaque) · M. x

Bibliography

  • Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
  • Hilton-Taylor, C. (compiler). 2000. 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
  • IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1988. 1988 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
  • IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
  • Mace, G.M. and Balmford, A. 2000. Patterns and processes in contemporary mammalian extinction. In: A. Entwhistle and N. Dunstone (eds) Priorities for the Conservation of Mammalian Diversity. Has the Panda had its day?, pp. 27-52. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

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Notes

Contributors:

  • Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed November 7, 2006.

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Last Revised: April 20, 2008