Macaca anderssoni

Macaca anderssoni is a prehistoric species of macaque from the Pleistocene of China. It weighed between 7.5 kilograms (17 lb) and 10.5 kilograms (23 lb).[1]

Macaca anderssoni
Temporal range: Pleistocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Macaca
Species:
M. anderssoni
Binomial name
Macaca anderssoni
Schlosser, 1924

References

  1. Ruliang R, and Yanzhang P (Aug 1995). "Body size of Macaca anderssoni and its offspring". Human Evolution. 10 (4): 283–288. doi:10.1007/BF02438966.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.