Macaca

macaca Translingual right|thumb|Macaca fascicularis Etymology mul la-new -, from mul pt macaca, the feminine equivalent of pt macaco monkey. mul ultimate origin, but thought to have been borrowed from an African language of the en Congo region. See pt macaco for other possible etymologies. Cognate with fr macaque, en macaque and en macaco, es macaca/es macaco, and it macaco. Proper noun 1 f genus family Cercopithecidae macaques, Old World monkeys, principally Asian Hypernyms genus ; Cercopithecinae subfamily subfamily; Papionini tribe tribe Hyponyms genus Macaca sylvanus species (Barbary macaque) type species; Macaca arctoides species, Macaca assamensis species, Macaca cyclopis species, Macaca fascicularis species, Macaca fuscata species, Macaca hecki species, Macaca leonina species, Macaca maura species, Macaca mulatta species, Macaca munzala species, Macaca nemestrina species, Macaca nigra species, Macaca nigriscens species, Macaca ochreata species, Macaca pagensis species, Macaca radiata species, Macaca siberu species, Macaca silenus species, Macaca sinica species, Macaca thibetana species, Macaca tonkeana species other species References 1 Macaca (term) 1 1 mul Monkeys