Macaca majori

Macaca majori, commonly known as the dwarf macaque, is a prehistoric macaque from the Early Pleistocene of Sardinia, Italy.[1]

Macaca majori
Temporal range: Early Pleistocene
Fossils
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Macaca
Species:
M. majori
Binomial name
Macaca majori
Schaub and Azzaroli, 1946
Synonyms
  • Macaca sylvunus majori Azzaroli. 1946

References

  1. Fleagle, John G. (2013). Primate adaptation and evolution (Third ed.). Academic Press. ISBN 9780123786333.


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