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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Chordata > Vertebrates > Mammals > Eutheria > Primates > Haplorhini > Catarrhini > Cercopithecidae > Cercopithecinae > Macaca

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Macaca  

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  • Macaque
  • Macaques

Note

  • Old World monkey, not ape despite entry terms; NIM when experimental animal; diseases: coordinate with MONKEY DISEASES

Scope note

  • A genus of the subfamily CERCOPITHECINAE, family CERCOPITHECIDAE, consisting of 16 species inhabiting forests of Africa, Asia, and the islands of Borneo, Philippines, and Celebes.

History note

  • 73(71); APE, BARBARY was BARBARY APES see under MACACA 1973-80

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008251

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