Macaque
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The macaques form the genus Macaca of Old World monkeys.
Aside from humans (genus Homo), the macaques are the most widespread primate genus, ranging from northern Africa to Japan. Nineteen macaque species are currently recognised, and they include some of the monkeys best known to non-zoologists, such as the rhesus monkey, Macaca mulatta, and the Barbary ape, M. sylvanus, a colony of which lives on the Rock of Gibraltar. Although several species lack tails, and their common names therefore refer to them as apes, these are true monkeys, with no relationship to the great apes in family Hominidae or the lesser apes in family Hylobatidae.
Several species of macaque have been used extensively in medical research.
- Bear or Stumptailed Macaque, Macaca arctoides
- Assamese Macaque, Macaca assamensis
- Muna-butung Macaque, Macaca brunnescens
- Formosan Rock Macaque, Macaca cyclopis
- Crab-eating Macaque, Macaca fascicularis or Macaca irus
- Japanese Macaque or Snow Monkey, Macaca fuscata
- Heck's Macaque, Macaca hecki
- Moor Macaque, Macaca maura
- Rhesus Macaque, Macaca mulatta
- Pigtailed Macaque, Macaca nemestrina
- Sulawesi Crested or Celebes Macaque, Macaca nigra
- Black Ape or Gorontalo Macaque, Macaca nigrescens
- Ochre Macaque, Macaca ochreata
- Mentawai Macaque, Macaca pagensis
- Bonnet Macaque, Macaca radiata
- Lion-tailed Macaque, Macaca silenus
- Toque Macaque, Macaca sinica
- Barbary Macaque, Macaca sylvanus
- Tibetan Stump-tailed or Pere David's Macaque, Macaca thibetana
- Tonkean Macaque, Macaca tonkeana