Macaca majori
Macaca majori Temporal range: Early Pleistocene
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Cercopithecidae |
Genus: | Macaca |
Species: | M. majori
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Binomial name | |
Macaca majori Schaub and Azzaroli, 1946
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Macaca majori, commonly known as the dwarf macaque, is a prehistoric macaque from the Early Pleistocene of Sardinia, Italy.[1]
References[]
- ^ Fleagle, John G. (2013). Primate adaptation and evolution (Third ed.). Academic Press. ISBN 9780123786333.
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Categories:
- Macaca
- Prehistoric monkeys
- Pleistocene mammals of Europe
- Pleistocene primates
- Fossil taxa described in 1946
- Prehistoric primate stubs
- Old World monkey stubs