Macaca nemestrina (Linnaeus 1766)

[Simia] nemestrina Linnaeus 1766, Syst. Nat., 12th ed., Vol. 1: 35.

Type Locality: Indonesia, Sumatra.

Vernacular Names: Southern Pig-tailed Macaque.

Synonyms: Macaca brachyurus (Hamilton Smith 1842); Macaca broca Miller 1906; Macaca carpolegus (Raffles 1821); Macaca fusca (Shaw 1800); Macaca libidinosus I. Geoffroy 1826; Macaca longicruris (Link 1795); Macaca maimon (de Blainville 1839); Macaca nucifera Sody 1936; Macaca platypygos (Schreber 1774) .

Distribution: Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Sumatra and Bangka Isl (Indonesia), Thailand north to about 7°30’N.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: M. nemestrina species group. Includes pagensis according to Fooden (1975:67, 1980:7) and Szalay and Delson (1979); but Wilson and Wilson (1977:216) considered pagensis a distinct species, and this was followed by Groves (2001 c).