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Taxon: Species Macaca sylvanus (C. Linnaeus, 1758) - Barbary ape (mammal)
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Authorship

Original name:  Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 25.
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Types

Nominotypical taxon of: Macaca sylvanus group
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Macaca sylvanus sylvanus

Variants

Different termination: Macaca sylvana (C. Linnaeus, 1758)

Combinations

Basionym: Simia sylvanus Linnaeus, 1758

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: Turkse makaak
: magot
: Turkse aap

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: Barbary ape
: Barbary macaque
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