White-cheeked macaque
| White-cheeked macaque | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | Cercopithecidae |
| Genus: | Macaca |
| Species: | M. leucogenys |
| Binomial name | |
| Macaca leucogenys Li, Zhao, Fan (2015) | |
The white-cheeked macaque (Macaca leucogenys) is a species of macaque found in the southeastern Tibet. The white-cheeked macaque lives in forest habitats, from tropical forests to primary and secondary evergreen broad-leaved forests and mixed broadleaf-conifer forests.[1] The species was first described in the American Journal of Primatology in 2015.[1]
Appearance
The white-cheeked macaque has relatively uniform dorsal hairs, hairy ventral pelage, relative hairless short tail, pale to white side- and chin-whiskers, dark facial skin on the muzzle and long and thick hairs on the neck.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Li, C.; Zhao, C.; Fan, P. F. (2015). "White-cheeked macaque (Macaca leucogenys): A new macaque species from Modog, southeastern Tibet". American Journal of Primatology: n/a. doi:10.1002/ajp.22394.
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