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:Mar 22, 2012

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

Morocco · Algeria

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000623

Country distribution map

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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: 51 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

Authority page

25

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Linnaeus (1758:25, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033817) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57429)
  2. Linnaeus (1766:34, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946230) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38438)
  3. Boddaert (1772:6, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43563378) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67754)
  4. Borowski (1780:42, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28346910) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67756)
  5. Brünnich (1782:10) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68417)
  6. Zimmermann (1783:162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  7. Boddaert (1785:55, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230019) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  8. Gmelin (1788:27, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751228) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  9. Kerr (1792:58, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664076) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  10. Link (1795:60, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272936) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35635)
  11. André (1795:71) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37443)
  12. Shaw (1800:14, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150591) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37615)
  13. Turton (1802:11, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772848) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  14. Virey (1819:275, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35135193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60385)
  15. Griffith (1821:46) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68343)
  16. 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

Authority page

35

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Linnaeus (1766:35, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38438)
  2. Boddaert (1772:6, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43563378) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67754)
  3. Erxleben (1777:13, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872810) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  4. Zimmermann (1783:158, 162, 169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  5. Zimmermann (1783:162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  6. Zimmermann (1783:169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  7. Boddaert (1785:56, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230020) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  8. Gmelin (1788:28, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751229) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  9. Kerr (1792:58, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664076) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  10. Link (1795:60, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272936) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35635)
  11. André (1795:72) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37443)
  12. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & Cuvier (1795:462, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6168126) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72380)
  13. Cuvier (1797:99, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
  14. Audebert (1799:@fam. 1 sec. 3 p. 1, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58948674) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68277)
  15. Shaw (1800:13, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150590) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37615)
  16. Turton (1802:11, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772848) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  17. Goldfuss (1809:53, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497834) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  18. Gray (1821:298) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9308)
  19. Fischer (1829:31) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  20. 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

  1. Zimmermann (1783:169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  2. 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

  1. Erxleben (1777:11, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872808) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. 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

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

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

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

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

Macaca sylvanus

Daudin, 1802

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

sylvanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

149

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033399

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Daudin (1802:149, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033399) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  2. Allen (1939:156, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782707) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:87) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:236) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1991:97) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  6. Groves (1993:268) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69008)
  7. Grubb, Butynski, Oates, Bearder, Disotell, Groves & Struhsaker (2003:1324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4919)
  8. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  9. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:629) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  10. Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:159) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12561) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12561) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000623) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  14. Stan, Drăgușin, Vasile, Venczel & Terhune (2024:7) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68096)
  15. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12561/50043570) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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