Definition of Genus Macaca

1. Noun. Macaques; rhesus monkeys.

Exact synonyms: Macaca
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Cercopithecidae, Family Cercopithecidae
Member holonyms: Macaque

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Macaca

genus Lycopodium
genus Lycopus
genus Lycosa
genus Lyginopteris
genus Lygodium
genus Lygus
genus Lymantria
genus Lynx
genus Lyonia
genus Lyrurus
genus Lysichiton
genus Lysichitum
genus Lysiloma
genus Lysimachia
genus Lythrum
genus Macaca (current term)
genus Macadamia
genus Machaeranthera
genus Macleaya
genus Maclura
genus Macowanites
genus Macrocephalon
genus Macrocheira
genus Macroclemys
genus Macrodactylus
genus Macronectes
genus Macropus
genus Macrothelypteris
genus Macrotis
genus Macrotus

Literary usage of Genus Macaca

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1839)
"The author of the ' Natural History of Monkeys, Lemurs, and Opossums' rejects, for substantial reasons given in that work, the genus Macaca*, and applies ..."

2. Guidelines for the Treatment, Investigation, and Control of Animal Bites (1993)
"... including Rhesus (Macaca mulatta), Cynomolgus (M. fascicularis) and other Asiatic monkeys of the genus Macaca. The disease syndrome is mild in primates. ..."

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