Macaca
About twenty-three species, twenty-one of which are represented in the Zoochat galleries.
This is the only genus in the subfamily Cercopithecinae which is found in Asia (all others are African in distribution). The one species in this genus which is not from Asia is the Barbary Macaque Macaca sylvanus which is found in northern Africa and southern Europe.
Because the genus is quite large and almost fully-represented by Zoochat photos (21 out of 23 species), I have divided it over several posts corresponding to their taxonomic divisions. These divisions are not fully agreed upon by taxonomists of course, but see Phylogeny of the macaques (Cercopithecidae: Macaca) based on Alu elements for a discussion on the different opinions.
Post one: the sylvanus group (one species - sylvanus).
Post two: the nemestrina group [or silenus group, depending on authors' preferences] (eleven species - silenus; leonina, nemestrina, pagensis, siberu; hecki, maura, nigra, nigrescens, ochreata, tonkeana).
Post three: the fascicularis group (one species - fascicularis) and the mulatta group (three species - cyclopis, fuscata, mulatta). These two groups may be combined as the fascicularis group.
Post four: the sinica group (seven species - arctoides, assamensis, leucogenys, munzala, radiata, sinica, thibetana). The first-named species may be included instead in the fascicularis group due to its presumed hybrid origin.
About twenty-three species, twenty-one of which are represented in the Zoochat galleries.
This is the only genus in the subfamily Cercopithecinae which is found in Asia (all others are African in distribution). The one species in this genus which is not from Asia is the Barbary Macaque Macaca sylvanus which is found in northern Africa and southern Europe.
Because the genus is quite large and almost fully-represented by Zoochat photos (21 out of 23 species), I have divided it over several posts corresponding to their taxonomic divisions. These divisions are not fully agreed upon by taxonomists of course, but see Phylogeny of the macaques (Cercopithecidae: Macaca) based on Alu elements for a discussion on the different opinions.
Post one: the sylvanus group (one species - sylvanus).
Post two: the nemestrina group [or silenus group, depending on authors' preferences] (eleven species - silenus; leonina, nemestrina, pagensis, siberu; hecki, maura, nigra, nigrescens, ochreata, tonkeana).
Post three: the fascicularis group (one species - fascicularis) and the mulatta group (three species - cyclopis, fuscata, mulatta). These two groups may be combined as the fascicularis group.
Post four: the sinica group (seven species - arctoides, assamensis, leucogenys, munzala, radiata, sinica, thibetana). The first-named species may be included instead in the fascicularis group due to its presumed hybrid origin.
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I found it by searching for the word "Macaque" in the Zoo Berlin gallery.