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Celebes crested macaque
Species of Old World monkey / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Celebes crested macaque (Macaca nigra), also known as the crested black macaque, Sulawesi crested macaque, or the black ape, is an Old World monkey that lives in the Tangkoko reserve in the north-eastern tip of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi (Celebes), as well as on smaller neighbouring islands.
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Celebes crested macaque[1] | |
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Celebes crested macaque at Diergaarde Blijdorp in Rotterdam, Netherlands | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Cercopithecidae |
Genus: | Macaca |
Species: | M. nigra |
Binomial name | |
Macaca nigra (Desmarest, 1822) | |
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Celebes crested macaque range (blue—native, red—introduced) |
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