Macaque
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| Macaques[1] | |
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| Crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | Cercopithecidae |
| Subfamily: | Cercopithecinae |
| Genus: | Macaca Lacépède, 1799 |
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| Simia inuus Linnaeus, 1758 = Simia sylvanus Linnaeus, 1758 |
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The macaques (genus Macaca) are a group of primates.
Research[change]
Macaques are a model organism for studying neurology.
References[change]
- ↑ Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds). ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd edition ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 161–165. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.
- ↑ Template:Cite doi
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