Macaca anderssoni

Macaca anderssoni
Temporal range: Pleistocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Primates
Suborder:Haplorhini
Infraorder:Simiiformes
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]

References

  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.


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