Macaca fuscata Blyth 1875

Macaca fuscata Blyth 1875, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 44: 6.

Type Locality: Japan.

Vernacular Names: Japanese Macaque.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Macaca fuscata subsp. fuscata Blyth 1875

Subspecies Macaca fuscata subsp. yakui Kuroda 1941

Distribution: Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, and adjacent small islands (Japan); Yaku Isl (Ryukyu Isls, Japan).

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; U.S. ESA – Threatened; IUCN – Endangered as M. f. yakui, otherwise Data Deficient.

Discussion: M. mulatta species group. Includes speciosus F. Cuvier, 1825 (not speciosa Blyth, 1875) which was suppressed by Opinion 920 of the International Commision on Zoological Nomenclature (1970); see Fooden (1976).