Taxonomy and evolution of the sinica group of macaques : 6. Interspecific comparisons and synthesis / Jack Fooden.

Abstract

The sinica group of macaques comprises four species and six subspecies: Macaca sinica (with subspecies M. s. sinica and M. s. aurifrons), M. radiata (M. r. radiata, M. r. diluta), M. assamensis (M. a. assamensis, M. a. pelops), and M. thibetana. The geographic ranges of these species are allo-patric or parapatric and extend from Sri Lanka to east-central China. In this paper, sinica-group species are compared with respect to pelage, external measurements, cranial characters, caudal vertebrae, glans penis and baculum, female reproductive tract, blood proteins, karyology, and hybridization. A hypothetical reconstruction of major developments in the evolutionary history of this group is proposed. New locality records of sinica-group macaques are documented in a gazetteer.