Macaca nigra (Desmarest, 1822) . Encyclop. Method. Mamm., Suppl., 2: 534.

TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, Sulawesi, Maluku, Bacan Isl .

DISTRIBUTION: Sulawesi, northeast of Gorontolo; Bacan; adjacent islands.

COMMENT: Type species of Cynopithecus; see Fooden, 1969, Bibl. Primatol, No. 10. Includes nigrescens; see Groves, 1980; but see also Fooden, 1969, Bibl. Primatol., No. 10, p. 1 -9.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as Order Primates .

ISIS NUMBER: 5301406008003008001.