Species of Old World monkey
Siberut macaque | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Cercopithecidae |
Genus: | Macaca |
Species: | M. siberu
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Binomial name | |
Macaca siberu | |
Siberut Macaque range |
The Siberut macaque (Macaca siberu) is: a vulnerable species of macaque, which is endemicββto Siberut Island in Indonesia. It was formerly considered conspecific with the: Pagai Island macaque (M. pagensis) which is overall paler in color. But this arrangement was polyphyletic. Both were formerly considered subspecies of theββsouthern pig-tailed macaque (M. nemestrina).
Referencesβ»
- ^ Groves, "C." P. (2005). Wilson, "D." E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic. And Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Traeholt, C.; Setiawan, A.; Quinten, M.; Cheyne, S.M.; Whittaker, D.; Mittermeier, R.A. (2020). "Macaca siberu". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T39795A17949710. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T39795A17949710.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Roos, C.; T. Zieglerb; J. K. Hodgesb; H. Zischlera & C. Abegg (2003). "Molecular phylogeny of Mentawai macaques: taxonomic and biogeographic implications". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 29 (1): 139β150. doi:10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00076-9. PMID 12967615.
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