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The Sulawesi macaques, including Moor macaques, are further distinguishable from other macaques by their quiet bared-teeth display and the uttering of a loud call. Rather than conveying submission, as in most macaque species, the quiet bared-teeth display is thought to express the emitter's peaceful intentions, promoting positive interactions.
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population Arunachal macaque. M. munzala Sinha, Datta, Madhusudan, Mishra, 2005: Eastern Himalayas: Size: 36–77 cm (14–30 in) long, plus about 9–20 cm (4–8 in) tail [25] Habitat: Forest [26]
The Cercopithecinae are a subfamily of the Old World monkeys, which comprises roughly 71 species, including the baboons, the macaques, and the vervet monkeys.Most cercopithecine monkeys are limited to sub-Saharan Africa, although the macaques range from the far eastern parts of Asia through northern Africa, as well as on Gibraltar.
Common name Binomial name Population Status Trend Notes Image Hainan black crested gibbon: Nomascus hainanus: 20–50 [1] CR [1] [1] Population was estimated at over 2,000 in the late 1950s. [1] Eastern black crested gibbon: Nomascus nasutus: 45–47 [2] CR [2] [2] Previously thought to be possibly extinct. Numbers may be higher. [2] Cat Ba langur
The binomial name often reflects limited knowledge or hearsay about a species at the time it was named. For instance Pan troglodytes, the chimpanzee, and Troglodytes troglodytes, the wren, are not necessarily cave-dwellers. Sometimes a genus name or specific descriptor is simply the Latin or Greek name for the animal (e.g. Canis is Latin for ...
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population Proboscis monkey. N. larvatus Wurmb, 1787: Borneo: Size: 61–76 cm (24–30 in) long, plus 50–75 cm (20–30 in) tail [169] Habitat: Forest [170] Diet: Fruit, seeds, leaves, and shoots, as well as caterpillars and larvae [171] EN Unknown [170]
Old World monkey genera include baboons (genus Papio), red colobus (genus Piliocolobus), and macaques (genus Macaca). Common names for other Old World monkeys include the talapoin, guenon, colobus, douc (douc langur, genus Pygathrix), vervet, gelada, mangabey (a group of genera), langur, mandrill, drill, surili , patas, and proboscis monkey.
The guenons (UK: / ɡ ə ˈ n ɒ n z /, US: / ˈ ɡ w ɛ n. ə n z /) are Old World monkeys of the genus Cercopithecus (/ ˌ s ɜːr k ə ˈ p ɪ θ ə k ə s /).Not all members of this genus have the word "guenon" in their common names; also, because of changes in scientific classification, some monkeys in other genera may have common names that include the word "guenon".