Rhesus macaque

Rhesus macaque
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Cless:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Faimily:	Cercopithecidae
Genus:	Macaca
Species:	M. mulatta
Binomial name
	Macaca mulatta; (Zimmermann, 1780)
	Rhesus macaque native range
Synonyms
	Species synonymy Simia erythraea Shaw, 1800; Simia fulvus (Kerr, 1792); Macacus lasiotus Gray, 1868; Pithecus littoralis Elliot, 1909; Macaca nipalensis Hodgson, 1840; Macaca oinops Hodgson, 1840; Simia rhesus Audebert, 1798; Inuus sancti-johannis Swinhoe, 1866; Macaca siamica Kloss, 1917; Macacus tcheliensis A. Milne-Edwards, 1872; Macacus vestitus A. Milne-Edwards, 1892; Inuus sanctijohannis Swinhoe, 1866; Macacus rhesus villosus True, 1894; Macaca mulatta mcmahoni Pocock, 1932;

The rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) is ane o the best-kent species o Auld Warld puggies.

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Rhesus macaque

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Cless:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Faimily:	Cercopithecidae
Genus:	Macaca
Species:	M. mulatta
Binomial name
Macaca mulatta^[2] (Zimmermann, 1780)

Rhesus macaque native range
Synonyms^[3]
Species synonymy Simia erythraea Shaw, 1800 Simia fulvus (Kerr, 1792) Macacus lasiotus Gray, 1868 Pithecus littoralis Elliot, 1909 Macaca nipalensis Hodgson, 1840 Macaca oinops Hodgson, 1840 Simia rhesus Audebert, 1798 Inuus sancti-johannis Swinhoe, 1866 Macaca siamica Kloss, 1917 Macacus tcheliensis A. Milne-Edwards, 1872 Macacus vestitus A. Milne-Edwards, 1892 Inuus sanctijohannis Swinhoe, 1866 Macacus rhesus villosus True, 1894 Macaca mulatta mcmahoni Pocock, 1932