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Definition of Genus Macaca
1. Noun. Macaques; rhesus monkeys.
Exact synonyms: Macaca
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Cercopithecidae, Family Cercopithecidae
Member holonyms: Macaque
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Cercopithecidae, Family Cercopithecidae
Member holonyms: Macaque
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Macaca
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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