Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 232541

Alternative combination: Cercopithecus mulatta

Synonyms: Macacus (Pithex) oinops Hodgson 1840 (no. 237490), Macacus rhesus Audebert 1798 (no. 232614), Simia (Cercopithecus) fulvus Kerr 1792 (no. 237487), Simia erythraea Shaw 1800 (no. 237488), Simia rhesus Audebert 1798 (no. 232613)

Belongs to Macaca according to M. A. C. Hinton and R. C. Wroughton 1921

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 munzala, Macaca nemestrina, 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 172.8, fibula length 146.1, humerus length 148.9, radius length 146.5, scapula 73.7 x 50.8, skull 115.2 x 83.5, tibia length 156.3, ulna length 163.5

Estimated body mass: 14.9 kg based on femur length, humerus length, tibia length, and ulna length