Rhesus Monkey Skull

RHESUS MONKEY

Macaca mulatta

   
PAGE INDEX
1. Lateral view
2. Ventral view 
3. Anterior View
4. Details & Links

Used in blood transfusion experiments, this species gave its name to a blood type. The Rhesus is still used as a laboratory animal, the probable source of this skull.

TAXONOMY
Order - Primates 
("first" group)
Suborder - Anthropoidea 
("man-like")
Family - Cercopithecidae 
("tailed apes")

Dental Formula : 2.1.2.3 / 2.1.2.3 = 32

rhesus 1. Rhesus Monkey skull, female, lateral view.
rhesus 2. Ventral view.
Note the erupting second molars.
rhesus 3. Anterior view.

Details of Specimens Illustrated

Image 1, 2

Rhesus monkey Macaca mulatta

Sex - female

Stage - immature (only one molar erupted)

Acknowledgement - Courtesy of private collector

Measurements

Overall length	102mm	Zygomatic width	68.1mm
Condylobasal length	69.1mm

Scientific Name : Macaca From the Portugese word "macaque" = monkey.
Scientific Name : mulatta - latinised "mulatto"

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	1. Rhesus Monkey skull, female, lateral view.
		2. Ventral view. Note the erupting second molars.
	3. Anterior view.