Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 231528

Alternative combinations: Macacus nemestrinus, Simia nemestrina

Belongs to Macaca according to C. B. Ruff 2003

Sister taxa: Macaca arctoides, Macaca assamensis, Macaca cyclopis, Macaca fascicularis, Macaca florentina, Macaca fuscata, Macaca hecki, Macaca leonina, Macaca leucogenys, Macaca maura, Macaca mordax, Macaca mulatta, Macaca munzala, Macaca nigra, Macaca nigrescens, Macaca ochreata, Macaca pagensis, Macaca phaeura, Macaca prisca, Macaca radiata, Macaca siberu, Macaca silenus, Macaca sinica, Macaca sylvanus, Macaca thibetana, Macaca tonkeana, Macacus (Pithex), Macacus cynomolgus, Macacus eocaenus, Macacus priscus, Macacus robustus, Macacus sivalensus

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Average measurements (in mm): femur length 180.8, fibula length 170.3, humerus length 163.2, radius length 173.5, scapula length 81.2, tibia length 164.1, ulna length 165.3

Estimated body mass: 17.1 kg based on femur length, humerus length, tibia length, and ulna length