Macaco nigra (Desmarest, 1822) . Mammalogie, in Encyclop. Meth., 2(Suppl.):534.

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

DISTRIBUTION: Sulawesi, northeast of Gorontalo, Bacan, and adjacent islands (Indonesia).

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

SYNONYMS: lembicus, nigrescens .

COMMENTS: Type species of Cynopithecus; see Fooden (1969). Includes nigrescens; see Groves (1980c). Corbet and Hill (1980:88) also included brunnescens and maura; but see Fooden (1969:1-9).