Macaca sylvanus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Barbary Macaque

Sitting adult. Also as Barbary Ape.
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Location:Morocco, Meknès-Tafilalet, Moyen Atlas Mountains, south of AzrouDate taken:22 March 2012Description:Sitting adult. Also as Barbary Ape.

Distribution :

Morocco, Algeria, Gibraltar (introduced).

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1906

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

Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033817

Original name as described

Simia Sylvanus

Other common names

Barbary Ape

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Barbary Coast.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Algeria · Morocco

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000623

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 52 names and synonyms.

Simia Sylvanus

Linnaeus, 1758

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

sylvanus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Original type locality

in Africa, Zeylona

Type locality

Africa: Northern Africa.

Authority page

25

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033817

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

Linnaeus (1758:25, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033817) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57429)
Linnaeus (1766:34, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946230) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38438)
Boddaert (1772:6, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43563378) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67754)
Borowski (1780:42, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28346910) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67756)
Brünnich (1782:10) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68417)
Zimmermann (1783:162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
Boddaert (1785:55, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230019) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
Gmelin (1788:27, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751228) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
Kerr (1792:58, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664076) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
Link (1795:60, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272936) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35635)
André (1795:71) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37443)
Latham & Davies (1795:3) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72595)
Shaw (1800:14, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150591) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37615)
Turton (1802:11, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772848) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
Virey (1819:275, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35135193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60385)
Griffith (1821:46) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68343)
Elliot (1913:lvii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602351) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)

Simia Inuus

Linnaeus, 1766

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

inuus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

Africa

Type locality

Africa.

Authority page

35

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946231

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

Linnaeus (1766:35, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38438)
Boddaert (1772:6, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43563378) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67754)
Erxleben (1777:13, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872810) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
Zimmermann (1783:158, 162, 169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
Zimmermann (1783:162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
Zimmermann (1783:169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
Boddaert (1785:56, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230020) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
Gmelin (1788:28, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751229) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
Kerr (1792:58, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664076) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
Link (1795:60, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272936) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35635)
André (1795:72) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37443)
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & Cuvier (1795:462, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6168126) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72380)
Latham & Davies (1795:3) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72595)
Cuvier (1797:99, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
Audebert (1799:@fam. 1 sec. 3 p. 1, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58948674) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68277)
Shaw (1800:13, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150590) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37615)
Turton (1802:11, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772848) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
Goldfuss (1809:53, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497834) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
Gray (1821:298) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9308)
Fischer (1829:31) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Simia Silvanus:

von Schreber, 1774

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

silvanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

pl. 4

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31059862

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

Zimmermann (1783:169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
Goldfuss (1809:53, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497834) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)

Simia Siluanus:

Erxleben, 1777

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

siluanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

11

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872808

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Erxleben (1777:11, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872808) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
Leske (1779:115) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69307)

Simia Anomala

Link, 1795

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

anomala

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type locality

Africa.

Authority page

60

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272936

Authority publication

Rostock

Name usages

Link (1795:60, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272936) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35635)

Simia Pithecia

Link, 1795

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

pithecia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type locality

Africa.

Authority page

60

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272936

Authority publication

Rostock

Name usages

Link (1795:60, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272936) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35635)

Simia Innus:

J. Wolf, 1796

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

innus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

7

Authority publication

Nuremberg

Name usages

Wolf (1796:7) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72410)

Simia pithecus

von Schreber, 1797

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

pithecus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type locality

Africa.

Authority page

pl. 4B

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31059864

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Macaca inuus:

de Lacépède, 1799

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

inuus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

4

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lacépède (1799:4) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62452)
Daudin (1802:149, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033399) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
Fischer (1803:114, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47061721) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69311)
Fischer (1813:436, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29109547) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/49925)

Simia Ipuus:

Treviranus, 1802

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

ipuus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

202

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11026068

Authority publication

Göttingen

Name usages

Treviranus (1802:202, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11026068) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72409)

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