Macaca sinica

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

Overview

Endangered

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Ecology: This species is found in a variety of forest types (Molur et al. 2003) at all altitudes up to about 2,100 m (Corbet and Hill 1992). M. s. aurifrons is found in lowland and midland tropical rainforest and wet zone lowland forests, M. s. opisthomelas in montane tropical rainforest, and M. s. sinica in dry evergreen forest near water (Molur et al. 2003). It is mainly arboreal and diurnal (Molur et al. 2003). It is frugivorous , but also consumes flowers and insects, and has been known to raid crops and garbage dumps (Molur et al. 2003).[1].

List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.5     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     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 audeberti • Macaca inaurea • Macaca longicaudata • Macaca pileatus

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 30-Jul-2002

Aside from the two previously recognized forms, a third subspecies , M. s. opisthomelas, is also now also recognized by primate field biologists in Sri Lanka, which is assessed separately here. There is some inter-gradation between the three subspecies (Groves 2001).[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

• A global directory of tropical montane cloud forests. Draft WCMC url p. 253.
• Advances in the study of mammalian behavior / edited by John F. Eisenberg and Devra G. Kleiman. [Stillwater, Okla.]: American Society of Mammalogists; 1983. url p. 650.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 140, p. 511.
• Checklist of CITES Species CITES, WCMC url p. 177, p. 178, p. 229.
• 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. 163, p. 227, p. 187, p. 188, p. 239.
• Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian mammals 1758 to 1946 / by J.R. Ellerman and T.C.S. Morrison-Scott. London: BM(NH), 1966. url p. 193, p. 194.
• Checklist of mammals listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 25.
• Comparative review of Fascicularis-group species of macaques (Primates: Macaca) / Jack Fooden. 107 2006 Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, 2006. url table 6 , p. 2, p. 23.
• IUCN Directory of South Asian Protected Areas IUCN url p. 199, p. 207, p. 218, p. 221, p. 226, p. 229, p. 235, p. 237, p. 240, p. 262, p. 264, p. 266, p. 269, p. 288.
• Journal of mammalogy. Baltimore, Md.: American Society of Mammalogists url p. 180.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 10.
• Protozoan parasites of domestic animals and of man. Minneapolis, Burgess Pub. Co.[1961] url p. 110, p. 111, p. 153.
• Report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and financial report of the Executive Committee of the Board of Regents for the year ending June 30. .. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1933-1965. url p. 100, p. 101, p. 114, p. 114, p. 120, p. 132, p. 138, p. 141, p. 142, p. 142, p. 144, p. 146, p. 158, p. 67, p. 75, p. 77, p. 77, p. 80, p. 92, p. 95, p. 96.
• Smithsonian year. 1975 Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1965-1976. url appendix 10, p. 168, p. 361, p. 470.
• Smithsonian year: annual report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year ended Sept. 30. .. 1978 City of Washington: For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 1980-2001. url p. 346, p. 383.
• Systematic review of Japanese macaques, Macaca fuscata (Gray, 1870) / Jack Fooden, Mitsuru Aimi. 104 2005 Chicago, Ill: Field Museum of Natural History, c2005. url tables 25-26 , p. 42.
• Taxonomy and evolution of liontail and pigtail macaques (Primates: Cercopithecidae) / Jack Fooden. 67 1975 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1975. url p. 33.
• Taxonomy and evolution of the Sinica group of macaques. 5, Overview of natural history / Jack Fooden. 29 1986 [Chicago]: Field Museum of Natural History, 1986. url fig. 2 , table 2-3 , table 4 , p. 1, p. 14, p. 15, p. 16, p. 17, p. 18, p. 20, p. 3, p. 4, p. 6, p. 7, p. iii.
• 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 , fig. 14 , table 12-13 , table 8 , table 9 , table 5 , p. 1, p. 15, p. 18, p. 20, p. 24, p. 25, p. 26, p. 28, p. 29, p. 3, p. 31, p. 35, p. 41, p. 42, p. 43, p. 44, p. 5, p. v.
• The Ecology of arboreal folivores: a symposium held at the Conservation and Research Center, National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, May 29-31, 1975 / Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1978. url p. 140, p. 178, p. 182, p. 377, p. 386, p. 390, p. 503.
• The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. Bombay: The Society, url p. 1031, p. 521, p. 546.
• 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.
• Dittus, W., Watson, A. & Molur, S. 2008. Macaca sinica. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 09, 2007:

• Field Museum, Mammal specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 109020
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-573026
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13836822
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 573026
• IUCN ID: 220856
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Species Identifier: A06N
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 135129

Footnotes

1. Dittus, W., Watson, A. & Molur, S. 2008. Macaca sinica. 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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