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Northern pigtail macaque

(Macaca leonina)

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Description

Macaca leonina is a species of Old World Monkey from the subfamily Cercopithecinae.It occurs in Bangladesh,Cambodia,China,India,Laos,Burma,Thailand,and Vietnam.Traditionally,it was considered subspecies of Macaca nemestrina.In India,it is found south of the Brahmaputra River,in the northeast of this country.Its distribution in that country extends from assm and Meghalaya to the east of Aruanchal Pradesh,Nagaland,Manipur,Mizoram and Tripura.A detailed study of its ecology and behavior was published recently.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Mammalia
Order:Primates
Family:Cercopithecidae
Genus:Macaca
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