Gorontalo macaque

The Gorontalo macaque or Dumoga-bone macaque[2] (Macaca nigrescens) is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is endemic to the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia.[1]

Captive female kept in Tandurusa Zoo

Gorontalo macaque[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Macaca
Species:
M. nigrescens
Binomial name
Macaca nigrescens
(Temminck, 1849)
Gorontalo macaque range

References

  1. Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 163. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. Sugardjito, J. & Richardson, M. (2008). "Macaca nigrescens". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T12568A3360226. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T12568A3360226.en. Retrieved 12 January 2018.


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