Macaca sylvanus (Linnaeus 1758)

[Simia] sylvanus Linnaeus 1758, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 25.

Type Locality: North Africa, "Barbary coast".

Vernacular Names: Barbary Macaque.

Synonyms: Macaca ecaudatus (É. Geoffroy 1812); Macaca inuus (Linnaeus 1766); Macaca pithecus (Schreber 1799); Macaca pygmaeus (Reichenbach 1863) .

Distribution: Morocco, Algeria, Gibraltar (introduced).

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: M. sylvanus species group. See Fooden (1976:226) for the use of this name.