Macaca anderssoni

Macaca anderssoni; Temporal range: Pleistocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Placentalia
Order:	Primates
Family:	Cercopithecidae
Genus:	Macaca
Species:	M. anderssoni
Binomial name
	Macaca anderssoni; Schlosser, 1924

Macaca anderssoni is a prehistoric species of macaque from the Pleistocene of China. It weighed between 7.5 kilograms (17 lb) and 10.5 kilograms (23 lb).¹ This species has a unique nasal cavity morphology that is laterally expanded anteriorly and constricted posteriorly. This morphology is not found in other macaque species, except for some of the larger members of the Sinica group.²

References

Ruliang R, and Yanzhang P (Aug 1995). "Body size of Macaca anderssoni and its offspring". Human Evolution. 10 (4): 283–288. doi:10.1007/BF02438966. S2CID 84897904.
Ito, T., Nishimura, T. D., Ebbestad, J. O., & Takai, M. (2014). Computed tomography examination of the face of macaca anderssoni (early pleistocene, Henan, Northern China): Implications for the biogeographic history of Asian macaques. Journal of Human Evolution, 72, 64–80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2014.04.001

[size-1] Ruliang R, and Yanzhang P (Aug 1995). "Body size of Macaca anderssoni and its offspring". Human Evolution. 10 (4): 283–288. doi:10.1007/BF02438966. S2CID 84897904.

[2] Ito, T., Nishimura, T. D., Ebbestad, J. O., & Takai, M. (2014). Computed tomography examination of the face of macaca anderssoni (early pleistocene, Henan, Northern China): Implications for the biogeographic history of Asian macaques. Journal of Human Evolution, 72, 64–80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2014.04.001

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