Macaca ochreata

(W. Ogilby, 1841)

Booted Macaque

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Primates
Suborder : Haplorhini
Infraorder : Simiiformes
Parvorder : Catarrhini
Superfamily : Cercopithecoidea
Family : Cercopithecidae
Subfamily : Cercopithecinae
Tribe : Papionini
Genus : Macaca

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Ogilby, W. 1841-01. Mr. Ogilby characterized a new species of Monkey, under the name of Papio ochreatus.. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1840:56.

Original name as described

Papio ochreatus

Other common names

Gray-armed Macaque · Buton Macaque · Muna-buton Macaque · Muna-butung Macaque

Type locality

type locality unknown.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

Taxonomy notes

previously included M. brunnescens; although some authorities continue to recognize M. brunnescens as a subspecies or synonym of M. ochreata, most recent sources have recognized the two as distinct species

Taxonomy notes citation

Juliandi, B., Suryobroto, B. and Perwitasari-Farajallah, D. 2009. The ischial callosities of Sulawesi macaques. American Journal of Primatology 71(12):1021-1031. doi:10.1002/ajp.20745 · Riley, E.P. 2013. Booted macaque Macaca ochreata. In: R.A. Mittermeier, A.B. Rylands & D.E. Wilson (ed.), Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 3. Primates, pp. 634. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. · Evans, B.J., Gansauge, M.-T., Tocheri, M.W., Schillaci, M.A., Sutikna, T., Jatmiko, Saptomo, E.W., Klegarth, A., Tosi, A.J., Melnick, D.J. and Meyer, M. 2020. Mitogenomics of macaques (Macaca) across Wallace's Line in the context of modern human dispersals. Journal of Human Evolution 146:102852. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2020.102852 · Lee, R., Riley, E., Sangermano, F., Cannon, C. and Shekelle, M. 2015. Macaca brunnescens. IUCN. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T12569A17985924.en

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

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