Macaca anderssoni is a prehistoric species of macaque from the Pleistocene of China. It weighed between 7.5 kilograms (17 lb) and 10.5 kilograms (23 lb).[1] This species has a unique nasal cavity morphology that is laterally expanded anteriorly and constricted posteriorly. This morphology is not found in other macaque species, except for some of the larger members of the Sinica group.[2]
| Macaca anderssoni Temporal range: Pleistocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Cercopithecidae |
| Genus: | Macaca |
| Species: | M. anderssoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Macaca anderssoni Schlosser, 1924
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References
edit- ^ Ruliang R, and Yanzhang P (Aug 1995). "Body size of Macaca anderssoni and its offspring". Human Evolution. 10 (4): 283–288. doi:10.1007/BF02438966. S2CID 84897904.
- ^ Ito, T., Nishimura, T. D., Ebbestad, J. O., & Takai, M. (2014). Computed tomography examination of the face of macaca anderssoni (early pleistocene, Henan, Northern China): Implications for the biogeographic history of Asian macaques. Journal of Human Evolution, 72, 64–80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2014.04.001
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