Macaca nigra

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Critically Endangered

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Ecology: This species is found in rainforests at moderate elevations . It is frugivorous , but will also eat immature leaves, arthropods , stalks of newly flowering plants , and cultivated crops (fruits, vegetables, and maize).[1].

List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.6     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland   
  
•     1.9     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.4     Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Macaca lembicus • Macaca malayanus

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 30-Jul-2002

Individuals with intermediate characteristics, presumably hybrids, have historically been seen along the border of this species with M. nigriscens (this contact zone may no longer exist, though) (Sugardjito et al. 1989).[1].

Similar Species

Members of the genus Macaca

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 52 species and subspecies in this genus:

M. arctoides (Stump-Tailed Macaque) · M. assamensis (Assamese Macaque) · M. assamensis assamensis (Eastern Assamese Macaque) · M. assamensis pelops (Western Assamese Macaque) · M. cyclopis (Formosan Rock Macaque) · M. fascicularis (Crab Eating Macaque) · M. fascicularis atriceps (Dark-Crowned Long-Tailed Macaque) · M. fascicularis aurea (Burmese Long-Talied Macaque) · M. fascicularis aureus (Burmese Long-Talied Macaque) · M. fascicularis condorensis (Con Song Long-Tailed Macaque) · M. fascicularis fascicularis (Long-Tailed Macaque) · M. fascicularis fusca (Simeulue Long-Tailed Macaque) · M. fascicularis fuscus (Simeulue Long-Tailed Macaque) · M. fascicularis karimondjawae (Kemujan Long-Tailed Macaque) · M. fascicularis lasiae (Lasia Long-Tailed Macaque) · M. fascicularis philippensis (Philippine Long-Tailed Macaque) · M. fascicularis philippinensis (Crab-Eating Macaque) · M. fascicularis tua (Maratua Long-Tailed Macaque) · M. fascicularis umbrosa (Crab-Eating Macaque) · M. fascicularis umbrosus (Crab-Eating Macaque) · M. fuscata (Japanese Macaque) · M. fuscata fuscata (Japanese Macaque) · M. fuscata yakui (Yakushima Macaque) · M. hecki (Heck's Macaque) · M. leonina (Northern Pig-Tailed Macaque) · M. maura (Celebes Macaque) · M. maurus (Celebes Macaque) · M. mulatta (Rhesus Macaques) · M. munzala (Arunachal Macaque) · M. nemestrina (Southern Pig-Tailed Macaque) · M. nemestrina nemestrina (Pigtail Macaque) · M. nigra (Celebes Crested Macaque) · M. nigra Nigra (Celebes Crested Macaque) · M. nigrescens (Dumoga-Bone Macaque) · M. ochreata (Celebes Ashy-Black Monkey) · M. ochreata brunnescens (Muna-Buton Macaque) · M. ochreata ochreata (Booted Macaque) · M. pagensis (Pagai Island Macaque) · M. pagensis pagensis (Pagai Macaque) · M. pagensis siberu (Siberut Macaque) · M. radiata (Bonnet Macaque) · M. radiata diluta (Bonnet Macaque) · M. radiata radiata (Bonnet Macaque) · M. siberu (Siberut Macaque) · M. silenus (Lion-Tailed Macaque) · M. sinica (Toque Macaque) · M. sinica aurifrons (Dusky Toque Macaque) · M. sinica opisthomelas (Highland Toque Macaque) · M. sinica sinica (Dry Zone Toque Macaque) · M. sylvanus (Barbary Macaque) · M. thibetana (Père David's Macaque) · M. tonkeana (Tonkean Black Macaque)

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Further Reading

• 1994 IUCN red list of threatened animals Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, 1993 url p. 13.
• Biosphere Reserves, Compilation 4, October 1986: programme on man and the biosphere (MAB) IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre url p. 222.
• Checklist of CITES Species CITES, WCMC url p. 123, p. 138, p. 158, p. 178, p. 225.
• Checklist of CITES Species: a reference to the appendices to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CITES url p. 113, p. 137, p. 163, p. 222, p. 92.
• Checklist of mammals listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 31, p. 25.
• Taxonomy and evolution of the sinica group of macaques: 6. Interspecific comparisons and synthesis / Jack Fooden. 45 1988 Chicago, IL: Field Museum of Natural History, c1988. url fig. 9-10 , p. 18.
• World Checklist of Threatened Mammals JNCC url p. 37.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 4, 2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Supriatna, J. & Andayani, N. 2008. Macaca nigra. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 18, 2007:

• Field Museum, Mammal specimens
• Royal Ontario Museum, Mammal specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 109016
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-573022
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13836823
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 573022
• IUCN ID: 220849
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 135125

Footnotes

1. Supriatna, J. & Andayani, N. 2008. Macaca nigra. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]

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