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

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Macaca mulatta  

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Entry terms

  • Macaque, Rhesus
  • Monkey, Rhesus
  • Rhesus Macaque
  • Rhesus Macaques
  • Rhesus Monkey
  • Rhesus Monkeys

Note

  • NIM when experimental animal; diseases: coordinate with MONKEY DISEASES

Scope note

  • A species of the genus MACACA inhabiting India, China, and other parts of Asia. The species is used extensively in biomedical research and adapts very well to living with humans.

History note

  • 91(81); was see under MACACA 1981-90; was RHESUS MONKEYS see under MACACA 1975-80

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008253

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