Macaca

See also: macaca

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Portuguese macaca, the feminine equivalent of macaco (“monkey”). Unknown ultimate origin, but thought to have been borrowed from an African language of the Congo region. See macaco for other possible etymologies.

Cognate with French macaque, English macaque and macaco, Spanish macaca/macaco, and Italian macaco.

Proper noun

Macaca f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cercopithecidae – macaques, Old World monkeys, principally Asian.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Primates – order; Haplorrhini – suborder; Simiiformes – infraorder; Catarrhini – parvorder; Cercopithecoidea – superfamily; Cercopithecidae – family; Cercopithecinae – subfamily; Papionini – tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Macaca sylvanus (Barbary macaque) – type species; Macaca arctoides, Macaca assamensis, Macaca cyclopis, Macaca fascicularis, Macaca fuscata, Macaca hecki, Macaca leonina, Macaca maura, Macaca mulatta, Macaca munzala, Macaca nemestrina, Macaca nigra, Macaca nigriscens, Macaca ochreata, Macaca pagensis, Macaca radiata, Macaca siberu, Macaca silenus, Macaca sinica, Macaca thibetana, Macaca tonkeana – other species

References

• Macaca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Macaca (term) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Macaca on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Macaca on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons