Macaque 239860 225969615 2008-07-16T07:06:26Z UtherSRG 33145 Revert to revision 224342803 dated 2008-07-08 12:52:04 by Karduelis using [[:en:Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation_popups|popups]] {{otheruses4|the monkey|the racial slur|Macaca (slur)}} {{Taxobox | name = Macaques<ref name=msw3>{{MSW3 Groves|pages=161-165}}</ref> | image = Ngarai Sianok sumatran monkey.jpg | image_caption = Crab-eating macaque (''Macaca&nbsp;fascicularis'') | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | ordo = [[Primate]]s | familia = [[Cercopithecidae]] | subfamilia = [[Cercopithecinae]] | genus = '''''Macaca''''' | genus_authority = [[Bernard Germain Etienne de la Ville, Comte de Lacepede|Lacepede]], 1799 | type_species = ''[[Barbary Macaque|Simia inuus]]'' | type_species_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758 = ''Simia sylvanus'' Linnaeus, 1758 | subdivision_ranks = [[Species]] | subdivision = See text. }} [[Image:Nelliampathi-Monkey.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Bonnet macaque (''Macaca radiata'') seen in [[Nelliampathi]] mountains in [[Kerala]], [[south India]]]] [[Image:Macaca arctoides.png|thumb|right|Stump-tailed macaque (''Macaca&nbsp;arctoides'')]] [[Image:Jigokudani hotspring in Nagano Japan 001.jpg|thumb|right|Japanese macaque (''Macaca fuscata'')]] [[Image:Macaca nemestrina.jpg|thumb|right|Pig-tailed macaque (''Macaca nemestrina'')]] The '''macaques''' ({{pronEng|məˈkæk}}) constitute a genus (''Macaca'', {{IPA|/məˈkækə/}}) of [[Old World monkeys]] of the subfamily [[Cercopithecinae]]. Aside from [[human]]s (genus ''[[Homo (genus)|Homo]]''), the macaques are the most widespread [[primate]] genus, ranging from northern [[Africa]] to [[Japan]]. Twenty-two macaque species are currently recognised, and they include some of the monkeys best known to non-zoologists, such as the [[Rhesus Macaque]] (as the Rhesus Monkey), ''Macaca mulatta'', and the [[Barbary Macaque]] (as 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 [[ape]]s, these are true monkeys, with no greater relationship to the true apes than any other Old World monkeys. Several species of macaque are used extensively in [[animal testing]]. In the late 1990s it was discovered that nearly all (circa 90%) pet or captive macaques are [[Asymptomatic carrier|carrier]]s of the [[herpes]]-[[Monkey B virus|B]] [[virus]]. This virus is harmless to macaques, but infections of humans, while rare, are potentially fatal. A 2005 [[University of Toronto]] study showed that urban performing macaques also carried [[simian foamy virus]], suggesting they could be involved in the species-to-species jump of similar retroviruses to humans.<ref>[http://www.news.utoronto.ca/bin6/051208-1906.asp University of Toronto - News@UofT - Performing monkeys in Asia carry viruses that could jump species to humans (Dec 8/05)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> == Species list == '''Genus ''Macaca'' ''' * ''M. sylvanus'' group ** [[Barbary Macaque]], ''Macaca sylvanus'' * ''M. nemestrina'' group ** [[Lion-tailed Macaque]], ''Macaca silenus'' ** [[Southern Pig-tailed Macaque]] or Beruk, ''Macaca nemestrina'' ** [[Northern Pig-tailed Macaque]], ''Macaca leonina'' ** [[Pagai Island Macaque]], ''Macaca pagensis'' ** [[Siberut Macaque]], ''Macaca siberu'' ** [[Moor Macaque]], ''Macaca maura'' ** [[Booted Macaque]], ''Macaca ochreata'' ** [[Tonkean Macaque]], ''Macaca tonkeana'' ** [[Heck's Macaque]], ''Macaca hecki'' ** [[Gorontalo Macaque]], ''Macaca nigriscens'' ** [[Celebes Crested Macaque]], ''Macaca nigra'' * ''M. fascicularis'' group ** [[Crab-eating Macaque]], ''Macaca fascicularis'' ** [[Stump-tailed Macaque]], ''Macaca arctoides'' * ''M. mulatta'' group ** [[Rhesus Macaque]], ''Macaca mulatta'' ** [[Formosan Rock Macaque]], ''Macaca cyclopis'' ** [[Japanese Macaque]], ''Macaca fuscata'' * ''M. sinica'' group ** [[Toque Macaque]], ''Macaca sinica'' ** [[Bonnet Macaque]], ''Macaca radiata'' ** [[Assam Macaque]], ''Macaca assamensis'' ** [[Tibetan Macaque]], ''Macaca thibetana'' ** [[Arunachal Macaque]], ''Macaca munzala'' ==References== {{Reflist}} == External links == {{Commons|Macaca}} {{Wikispecies|Macaca|Macaque}} *[http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol4no1/ostrowsk.htm CDC papers on Herpes B in macaques] *[http://brainmaps.org/index.php?p=speciesdata&species=macaca-mulatta Macaque Monkey Brain Atlas] *[[British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection]] [http://www.petatv.com/tvpopup/video.asp?video=covance&Player=qt&speed=_med film about macaques in laboratories], featuring [[primatologist]]s Dr. [[Jane Goodall]] and Dr. Steven Brend *[http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/factsheets/links/macaca Primate Info Net ''Macaca'' Factsheets] {{C.Cercopithecinae nav}} [[Category:Old World monkeys]] [[ca:Macaco]] [[da:Makakaber]] [[de:Makaken]] [[es:Macaca]] [[eo:Makako]] [[fr:Macaque]] [[io:Makako]] [[it:Macaca]] [[ka:მაკაკი]] [[lt:Makakos]] [[nl:Makaken]] [[ja:マカク属]] [[pl:Macaca]] [[pt:Macaca]] [[ru:Макаки]] [[su:Beruk]] [[fi:Makakit]] [[sv:Makaker]] [[tr:Macaca]] [[zh:獼猴]]