White-cheeked macaque
White-cheeked macaque | |
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Adult female | |
Group of juveniles | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Cercopithecidae |
Genus: | Macaca |
Species: | M. leucogenys
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Binomial name | |
Macaca leucogenys Li, Zhao, Fan, 2015
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The white-cheeked macaque (Macaca leucogenys) is a
Discovery
The white-cheeked macaque was discovered and described in 2015. While specimens of the creature had been observed and known for many years prior, they were believed to be members of the species Macaca assamensis, the Assam macaque. After footage captured on a series camera traps in Tibet revealed numerous physical differences between the Assam macaque and the animals caught on tape (including more prominent whiskers, thicker neck hair, and differences in the shape of the genitalia), primatologists in China declared them to be a new species.[2][3][4] Their research, along with a series of photographs of the species, was published in the July 2015 issue of the American Journal of Primatology.[2]
In April 2016, a group of wildlife photographers and biologists spotted and photographed the white-cheeked macaque in Arunachal Pradesh, India.[5][6] Prior to this sighting, the species was thought to exist only in Tibet.[2]
Appearance
Ecology
The white-cheeked macaque has been observed in tropical forests at an altitude of 1395 meters, primary and secondary evergreen broad-leaved forest up to 2420 meters and mixed broadleaf-conifer forests of 2700 meters. The forests in
References
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- ^ S2CID 31188818.
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- ^ Depra, Dianne (12 April 2015). "Scientists discover new species of macaque - here's what's unique about them". Tech Times. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
- ^ "New species of primate spotted in Arunachal". The Hindu. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
- India Times. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ^ Park, Paula (9 April 2015). "New monkey species revealed thanks to distinctive penis". New Scientist. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
- ^ Osborne, Hannah (10 April 2015). "New species of monkey - white-cheeked macaque - identified by its weird penis and dark hairy scrotum". International Business Times. Retrieved 17 March 2016.