Lion-tailed macaque | |
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Male at Bristol Zoo | |
Female at Singapore Zoo | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Cercopithecidae |
Genus: | Macaca |
Species: | M. silenus[1]
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Binomial name | |
Macaca silenus[1] | |
Lion-tailed macaque range | |
Synonyms | |
The lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus), also known as the wanderoo, is an Old World monkey endemic to the Western Ghats of South India.