Macaco Lacépède, 1799 . Tabi. Div. Subd. Orders Genres Mammifères, p. 4.

TYPE SPECIES: Simia inuus Linnaeus, 1766 (= Simia sylvanus Linnaeus, 1758).

SYNONYMS: Aulaxinus, Cynamolgus, Cynomacaca, Cynopithecus, Gymnopyga, Inuus, Lyssodes, Magotus, Magus, Maimon, Nemestrinus, Pithes, Rhesus, Salmacis, Silenus, Silvanus, Vetulus, Zati .