Macaca

See also: macaca

Translingual edit

Macaca fascicularis

Etymology edit

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 edit

Macaca f

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

Hyponyms edit

(genus): 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 sylvanus (Barbary macaque), Macaca thibetana, Macaca tonkeana (species)

References edit

Macaque on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Macaca (term) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Macaca on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Macaca on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons