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MACACUS NEMESTRINUS [1 record]

Record 1 2016-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A macaque (Macaca nemestrina) of the Malay penisula and the East Indies with a short slender tail which is held in the shape of a letter S when the animal is excited.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CONT

Le genre Macacus comprend des Singes Catarrhiniens Cercopithécidés à museau saillant, visière au-dessus des orbites, corps trapu, queue courte ou même absente [...] ils vivent en Asie sud-orientale et en Afrique du Nord. Parmi les espèces citons : [...] en Indochine, le Macaque à queue de cochon (Macacus nemestrinus) [...]

Spanish

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