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PAGE INDEX 1. Lateral view 2. Ventral view 3. Anterior View 4. Details & Links |
A typical old-world monkey, with an anterior groove in the upper canines, and sloping lower 1st premolars. |
TAXONOMY
Order - Primates
("first" group)
Suborder - Anthropoidea
("man-like")
Family - Cercopithecidae
("tailed apes") |
Dental Formula : 2.1.2.3 / 2.1.2.3 = 32
 | 1. Crab-eating Macaque skull, male, lateral view. The large, sloping lower 1st premolar is just visible behind the canine. (Sorry ! - see baboon for a clearer view.) |
 | 2. Ventral view. |
 | 2. Anterior view. |
| Details of Specimens Illustrated |
- Image 1, 2
- Crab-eating macaque Macaca fascicularis
- Sex - male
- Stage - adult
- Source - Died in captivity
- Acknowledgement - Courtesy of private collector
- Measurements
Overall length 117mm Zygomatic width 79.5mm Scientific Name : Macaca From the Portugese word "macaque" = monkey.
Scientific Name : fascicularis - a small band, as in fascia (latin) - Sex - male