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Siberut macaque

The Siberut macaque is a vulnerable species of macaque, which is endemic to Siberut Island in Indonesia. It was formerly considered conspecific with the Pagai Island macaque which is overall paler in color, but this arrangement was polyphyletic. Both were formerly considered subspecies of the southern pig-tailed macaque.

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Siberut macaque1
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Macaca
Species:
M. siberu
Binomial name
Macaca siberu
Fuentes & Olson, 1995
Siberut Macaque range

The Siberut macaque (Macaca siberu) is a vulnerable species of macaque, which is endemic to Siberut Island in Indonesia.1 It was formerly considered conspecific with the Pagai Island macaque (M. pagensis) which is overall paler in color, but this arrangement was polyphyletic.3 Both were formerly considered subspecies of the southern pig-tailed macaque (M. nemestrina).1

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  1. Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. Traeholt, C.; Setiawan, A.; Quinten, M.; Cheyne, S.M.; Whittaker, D.; Mittermeier, R.A. (2020). "Macaca siberu". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020 e.T39795A17949710. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T39795A17949710.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  3. Roos, C.; T. Zieglerb; J. K. Hodgesb; H. Zischlera & C. Abegg (2003). "Molecular phylogeny of Mentawai macaques: taxonomic and biogeographic implications". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 29 (1): 139–150. Bibcode:2003MolPE..29..139R. doi:10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00076-9. PMID 12967615.